The Composer is Dead

The Composer is Dead
ISBN: 9780061236273
Publication Date: 1 May 2009

This Snicket collaboration between Daniel Handler and his long time friend, composer Nat Stookey, has toured as a live perfomance by orchestras in cities around the world. At last, this ground-breaking work is available as a beautifully illustrated picture book with art by Carson Ellis and a free CD featuring a recording of San Francisco Symphony with narration by Lemony Snicket.

There's dreadful news from the symphony hall-the composer is dead!

If you have ever heard an orchestra play, then you know that musicians are most certainly guilty of something. Where exactly were the violins on the night in question Did anyone see the harp Is the trumpet protesting a bit too boisterously

In this perplexing murder mystery, everyone seems to have a motive, everyone has an alibi, and nearly everyone is a musical instrument. But the composer is still dead.

Perhaps you can solve the crime yourself. Join the Inspector as he interrogates all the unusual suspects. Then listen to the accompanying audio recording featuring Lemony Snicket and the music of Nathaniel Stookey performed by the San Francisco Symphony. Hear for yourself exactly what took place on that fateful, well-orchestrated evening.

About The Author Lemony Snicket is often despondent, mostly about his published research, which includes A Series of Unfortunate Events and The Composer Is Dead.

About The Illustrator Colin Meloy once wrote Ray Bradbury a letter, informing him that he "considered himself an author too." He was ten. Since then, Colin has gone on to be the singer and songwriter for the band the Decemberists, where he channels all of his weird ideas into weird songs. This is his first time channeling those ideas into a novel.

As a kid, Carson Ellis loved...