Magnificent Women in Music
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Magnificent Women in Music

This book features a selection of politically-active, inspiring women who have made important contributions to music history.

Their stories begin in the mid-18th Century with Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart, a gifted German composer whose abilities were obscured by the popularity of her younger brother Wolfgang. They end in present with popular female figures like Joni Mitchell, an accomplished Canadian singer/songwriter, and Vanessa Mae, a non-traditional violinist from Singapore.

About the Author

Heather Ball

Heather Ball is a professional writer and editor. She has written three other books in the Women’s Hall of Fame Series: Remarkable Women Writers, Magnificent Women in Music, and Great Women Leaders, which was named an American Library Association Amelia Bloomer Project Recommended Read for 2005. She is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers in Toronto, and in 2003 she was named Centennial College’s first-ever Writer of the Year. She lives and works in Toronto.

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Book Info

ISBN: 978-1-897187-02-9
100 Pages
Ages 9 to 13
6" x 9"
Paperback with B&W photographs
$10.95 CAD
October 25, 2005