Handel: The Story of a Little Boy Who Practiced in an Attic

Stories of Great Composers for Children by Thomas Tapper 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: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34568 Mozart: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34582 Beethoven: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34737 Haydn: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34550 Schubert: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35070 Handel: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35157 Chopin: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35013 Verdi: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35158 Wagner: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35128 Grieg: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35097