Overview
Mary Lou Williams, Midori, Mary O'Hara, Vanessa Mae, and others are are profiled in this addition to the series. Color photos & illustrations.Chronicles the lives and achievements of noted female musicians, including jazz pianist and composer Lil Harden Armstrong, violinist Midori, and harpsichordist Wanda Landowska.
Synopsis
Mary Lou Williams, Midori, Mary O'Hara, Vanessa Mae, and others are are profiled in this addition to the series. Color photos & illustrations.
Children's Literature
We've done our best, but we still could do more, for women today hold only about 30% of the available professional positions. Encourage their entry into a variety of professions through books such as the "Women in Profile" series. This title features six musicians: Liona Boyd, classical guitarist; Midori, classical violinist; Mary O'Hara, harpist; Ethel Smyth, composer; Vanessa Mae, pop violinist. Mary Lou Williams, jazz pianist, plus brief profiles on eight more women musicians. Each title consists of eye-catching portrait-covers, colorfully photo-illustrated, magazine-style biographies that contain sidebars with "Key Events" and "Backgrounder" columns and pertinent quotations. Readers easily overwhelmed by large blocks of type will be particularly attracted to this series, which includes Explorer, Writers, Scientists, Political Leaders, Musicians, and Nobel Prize Winners.