Music

Find picture books with illustrated song lyrics in the Poetry listing.

Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay
The African Orchestra
Amazing Water: An Introduction to Classical Music
Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring
Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History
Bird & Diz
By and By: Charles Albert Tindley, the Father of Gospel Music
The Composer is Dead
Dancing Hands: How Teresa Carreño Played the Piano for President Lincoln
Dark Fiddler: The Life and Legend of Nicolo Paganini
Dark Was the Night: Blind Willie Johnson’s Journey to the Stars
Do Re Mi: If You Can Read Music, Thank Guido d’Arezzo
The Dog who Sang at the Opera
Drum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s Courage Changed Music
The Fabulous Feud of Gilbert and Sullivan

Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
Gizmos, Gadgets, and Guitars: The Story of Leo Fender
Listen to the Birds: An Introduction to Classical Music
Harlem’s Little Blackbird: The Story of Florence Mills
How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace
Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin: The Story of Young Itzhak Perlman
Jazz Day: The Making of a Famous Photograph
Jazz on a Saturday Night
Joni: The Lyrical Life of Joni Mitchell
Jubilee: One Man’s Big, Bold, and Very, Very Loud Celebration of Peace
Leontyne Price: Voice of a Century
Let Your Voice Be Heard: The Life and Times of Pete Seeger
Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, A Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion
Listen to the Birds
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
Little Piano Girl: The Story of Mary Lou Williams, Jazz Legend
Martin and Mahalia: His Words, Her Song

Muddy: The Story of Blues Legend Muddy Waters
Music for the End of Time
Music, Music for Everyone
The Music of Life:Bartolomeo Cristofori & the Invention of the Piano
My Country ‘Tis of Thee: How One Song Reveals the History of Civil Rights
My Mother’s Delightful Deaths
Nina: A Story of Nina Simone
Odetta: The Queen of Folk
The Orphan Singer
The Philharmonic Gets Dressed
The Piano Recital
Piano Starts Here: The Young Art Tatum
The President Sang Amazing Grace: A Book About Finding Grace After Unspeakable Tragedy
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop
Sebastian: A Book About Bach
Sing a Song: How “Lift Every Voice and Sing” Inspired Generations
Skit-Scat Raggedy Cat: Ella Fitzgerald
Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad

Talkin’ Guitar: A Story of Young Doc Watson
Tito Puente: Mambo King
A Voice Named Aretha
The Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights
We Shall Overcome: The Story of a Song
What Charlie Heard
When Bob Met Woody: The Story of Young Bob Dylan
When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson
When Paul Met Artie: The Story of Simon and Garfunkel
When Stravinsky Met Nijinsky: Two Artists, Their Ballet, and One Extraordinary Riot
When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop
Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People
Young People’s Concerts