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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 A Certain Music
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'It is 1821 and the child is a loner who spends her time hiding in the Vienna Woods until she spies an old man - a music maker. And so begins an odd friendship which develops through their mutual love of music. The man is composing a new work. It will break new ground. He fears it will be ridiculed and is aware that he is thought mad. He confides in the child who sits for hours watching and listening as he revises and plays. She has a feeling for the music that he cannot fathom. And not only for the music, but for what he is. She knows his pain, his anger, his fear and also his gentleness. Together they give each other the courage to face their critics and dare to be different.

'A tale written about an old man who couldn't hear, for a child people considered strange. Yet the song will live forever in the heart and mind of every child where there's nurtured love of music.' (Publisher's blurb)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Woolshed Press , 2009 .
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      Extent: 122p.
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      • Publication date: May 2009
      ISBN: 9781741663334 (pbk.)
    • North Sydney, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Random House Australia , 2013 .
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      Extent: 122p.
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      • Published April 1st 2013
      ISBN: 9781742757407

Works about this Work

The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2010 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 3)
[Untitled] Betty Wohlers , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 17 no. 3 2009; (p. 47-48)

— Review of A Certain Music Celeste Walters , 2009 single work children's fiction
Punchy and Poignant Tales of Puberty Margaret Bromley , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 June 2009; (p. 18)

— Review of A Certain Music Celeste Walters , 2009 single work children's fiction ; War's End Victoria Bowen , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Fire Song Libby Hathorn , 2009 single work children's fiction ; Theodork Jessica Green , 2009 single work children's fiction
[Review] A Certain Music Anastasia Gonis , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 88 no. 6 2009; (p. 22)

— Review of A Certain Music Celeste Walters , 2009 single work children's fiction
Off the Shelf : Fiction Lorien Kaye , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 April 2009; (p. 28)

— Review of A Certain Music Celeste Walters , 2009 single work children's fiction
Off the Shelf : Fiction Lorien Kaye , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 April 2009; (p. 28)

— Review of A Certain Music Celeste Walters , 2009 single work children's fiction
[Review] A Certain Music Anastasia Gonis , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , March vol. 88 no. 6 2009; (p. 22)

— Review of A Certain Music Celeste Walters , 2009 single work children's fiction
Punchy and Poignant Tales of Puberty Margaret Bromley , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 6 June 2009; (p. 18)

— Review of A Certain Music Celeste Walters , 2009 single work children's fiction ; War's End Victoria Bowen , 2008 single work children's fiction ; Fire Song Libby Hathorn , 2009 single work children's fiction ; Theodork Jessica Green , 2009 single work children's fiction
[Untitled] Betty Wohlers , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Viewpoint : On Books for Young Adults , Spring vol. 17 no. 3 2009; (p. 47-48)

— Review of A Certain Music Celeste Walters , 2009 single work children's fiction
The Children's Book Council of Australia Judges' Report 2010 2010 single work column
— Appears in: Reading Time : The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia , August vol. 54 no. 3 2010; (p. 3)
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