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Mon Voisin Oscar: Une Histoire Inspir?e de l'Enfance d'Oscar Peterson

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N? ? Montr?al, Oscar Peterson est devenu un pianiste de jazz tr's renomm?. Mais dans les ann?es 30, il ?tait juste un jeune gar?on qui adorait jouer de la trompette et faire de la musique avec ses fr?res et sours.

Malheureusement, avant m?me d'avoir dix ans, Oscar est atteint de tuberculose. Il s'en remet, mais ses poumons affaiblis ne lui permettent plus de souffler dans sa trompette. Il est alors oblig? de renoncer ? l'instrument qu'il adore et opte pour le piano afin d'assouvir sa passion pour la musique.

L'histoire se d?roule ? St-Henri pendant les ann?es 30. Ce quartier, maintenant connu au nom de la Petite-Bourgogne, ?tait compos? en majorit? de la classe ouvri?re Noire. Les illustrations d?taill?es de Marie Lafrance mettent en relief la culture de la communaut? montr?alaise.

Long before Oscar Peterson became a successful jazz pianist, he was a boy who loved to play the trumpet. When a bout of tuberculosis weakened his lungs, Oscar could no longer play his beloved instrument. He took up piano and the rest is history.

Mon voisin Oscar is a fictional story inspired by these facts. The book imagines a next door neighbour for Oscar named ?milie, who gets into mischief with him, but also appreciates his talents. ?milie writes to Oscar during his long stay in the hospital, and she encourages his earliest notes on the piano.

Set in Oscar's true childhood neighbourhood of St-Henri - now known as Little Burgundy - the book provides a wonderful sense of this 1930s neighbourhood where most of Montreal's Black working class population lived. Detailed illustrations make the community's culture and music almost tangible.

Original title: Oscar Lives Next Door: A Story Inspired by Oscar Peterson's Childhood

Pages: 32

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Scholastic

Release: October 01, 2015

ISBN: 144314911X

ISBN 13: 9781443149112

Mon Voisin Oscar: Une Histoire Inspir?e de l'Enfance d'Oscar Peterson

4.2/5 ( ratings)

See below for English description.

N? ? Montr?al, Oscar Peterson est devenu un pianiste de jazz tr's renomm?. Mais dans les ann?es 30, il ?tait juste un jeune gar?on qui adorait jouer de la trompette et faire de la musique avec ses fr?res et sours.

Malheureusement, avant m?me d'avoir dix ans, Oscar est atteint de tuberculose. Il s'en remet, mais ses poumons affaiblis ne lui permettent plus de souffler dans sa trompette. Il est alors oblig? de renoncer ? l'instrument qu'il adore et opte pour le piano afin d'assouvir sa passion pour la musique.

L'histoire se d?roule ? St-Henri pendant les ann?es 30. Ce quartier, maintenant connu au nom de la Petite-Bourgogne, ?tait compos? en majorit? de la classe ouvri?re Noire. Les illustrations d?taill?es de Marie Lafrance mettent en relief la culture de la communaut? montr?alaise.

Long before Oscar Peterson became a successful jazz pianist, he was a boy who loved to play the trumpet. When a bout of tuberculosis weakened his lungs, Oscar could no longer play his beloved instrument. He took up piano and the rest is history.

Mon voisin Oscar is a fictional story inspired by these facts. The book imagines a next door neighbour for Oscar named ?milie, who gets into mischief with him, but also appreciates his talents. ?milie writes to Oscar during his long stay in the hospital, and she encourages his earliest notes on the piano.

Set in Oscar's true childhood neighbourhood of St-Henri - now known as Little Burgundy - the book provides a wonderful sense of this 1930s neighbourhood where most of Montreal's Black working class population lived. Detailed illustrations make the community's culture and music almost tangible.

Original title: Oscar Lives Next Door: A Story Inspired by Oscar Peterson's Childhood

Pages: 32

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Scholastic

Release: October 01, 2015

ISBN: 144314911X

ISBN 13: 9781443149112

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