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By Scheader, Catherine & Brico, Antonia & Sills, Beverly & Seeger, Ruth Crawford & Price, Leontyne & Jenson, Dylana
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-87518-274-2
- Publisher
- Minneapolis, Minn. : Dillon Press, c1985.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 1985
Gr 5-9 This chronological recitation of bare facts recounts the accomplishments of conductor Antonia Brico; opera divas Beverly Sills and Leontyne Price; composer Ruth Crawford Seeger and violinist Dylana Jenson. Entries are so brief that much useful information, both about their lives and their music, is omitted. Terms such as "perfect pitch" and concepts such as the "twelve tone scale" are slighted. Seeger's work with that new modality is explained in so r...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
