Stories of Great Composers for Children by Thomas Tapper (1864 - 1958)

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:<br /><br />Bach: <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34568">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34568</a><br />Mozart: <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34582">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34582</a><br />Beethoven: <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34737">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34737</a><br />Haydn: <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34550">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34550</a><br />Schubert: <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35070">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35070</a><br />Handel: <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35157">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35157</a><br />Chopin: <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35013">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35013</a><br />Verdi: <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35158">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35158</a><br />Wagner: <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35128">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35128</a><br />Grieg: <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35097">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35097</a><br /><br />(Summary by Kara)