Author

Contributions

  • Tavares, Matt, ill - Contributor

Publication

2014 - Candlewick Press, Somerville, Mass, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

10,000 words, Guess

Page Count

40 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780763658564
  • Open LibraryOL27161247M

Classifications

  • DDC780
  • LCCPZ7.P847 Ju 2014
  • LCCPZ7.P847Ju 2014

Description

An exuberant picture book applauds the man behind the 1869 National Peace Jubilee, the largest and loudest concert the world had ever seen or heard. 

As a young boy growing up in Ireland, Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore loved music the louder, the better! This love of music followed him to Boston in 1849, where he became a bandleader. During the brutal Civil War, it was music that kept up his spirits and those of his fellow soldiers. So when the war ended and peace was restored to the country, Patrick had an idea. He would create the biggest, boldest, loudest concert the world had ever known to celebrate. A peace jubilee! But with twelve cannons, forty church bells, one thousand musicians, and ten thousand singers, just how would all of this sound? Matt Tavares's spirited illustrations burst with sound words in perfect harmony with Alicia Potter's triumphant story of the joy of music. This book applauds the man behind the 1869 National Peace Jubilee, the largest and loudest concert the world had ever seen or heard.

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