The Music of Life: Bartolomeo Cristofori & the Invention of the Piano
No. of pages 48
Published: 2017
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Bartolomeo Cristofori coaxes just the right sounds from the musical instruments he makes. Some of his keyboards can play piano, light and soft; others make forte notes ring out, strong and loud, but Cristofori longs to create an instrument that can be played both soft and loud.
His talent has caught the attention of Prince Ferdinando de Medici, who wants his court to become the musical center of Italy. The prince brings Cristofori to the noisy city of Florence, where the goldsmiths tiny hammers whisper tink, tink and the blacksmiths big sledgehammers shout BANG, BANG! Could hammers be the key to the new instrument?
At last Cristofori gets his creation just right. It is called the pianoforte, for what it can do. All around the world, people young and old can play the most intricate music of their lives, thanks to Bartolomeo Cristoforis marvelous creation: the piano. [This book description comes from a different edition of this title. Please report any inaccuracies].
This book is aimed at children in preschool-3rd grade.
This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.
There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published in 2017 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers .
Elizabeth Rusch's first children's book, Generation Fix, was a Smithsonian Magazine Notable Children's Book. A contributor to numerous magazines, she lives in Portland, OR. Artist K. E. Lewis lives in Seattle. Marjorie Priceman has won Caldecott Honors for Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Lloyd Moss and for Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride , which she also wrote. She lives in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.