Symphony for a Broken Orchestra: How Philadelphia Collected Sounds to Save Music

Symphony for a Broken Orchestra: How Philadelphia Collected Sounds to Save MusicBy: Amy Ignatow Illustrator: Gwen Millward What happens when musical instruments cant make the sounds we expect them to make? Is music still possible? An uplifting picture book based on a true story. The schools of Philadelphia were filling up with broken violins, drums, pianos, and more, making it difficult for students to learn to play. This sparked an idea for a symphony, played entirely with the broken instruments, that would raise funds to repair

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but he might end up getting his fingers burned

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they cover such diverse topics as the question of virtue

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with wit and penetrating insight

Suddenly she was at the mercy of an arrogant outsider whose forbidden passion she dared not admit she wanted to taste

people are being mysteriously frozen to death all over the city