Stories of Great Composers for Children
Thomas Tapper
Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)
This is a collection of ten short, entertaining, informative picture-book biographies of famous composers. Each book tells about the childhood and great achievements of a composer, and includes a short musical example. Here are links to the online texts so you can read along and look at the pictures:
Bach: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34568
Mozart: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34582
Beethoven: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34737
Haydn: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34550
Schubert: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35070
Handel: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35157
Chopin: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35013
Verdi: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35158
Wagner: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35128
Grieg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35097
(Summary by Kara) (2 hr 15 min)
Chapters
Reviews
excellent
Adam Thoms (IDLR)
informative stories portrayed by an excellent reader in a delightful manner
Lovely
Augmarr
Just great. Thank you, Kayray. :)
very good book
John
very useful in my music class presentation thank you
Anderly
So GoOd WhAt A gReAt BoOK
really sad 😞
Isabelle
I like it but it’s really sad I just can’t bear to listen to it :(