Bibliograph

Beethoven for kids, his life and music with 21 activities, Helen Bauer

Type

Label

Beethoven for kids, his life and music with 21 activities, Helen Bauer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-124) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmusicportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Beethoven for kids

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

712124415

Responsibility statement

Helen Bauer

Series statement

For kids series

Sub title

his life and music with 21 activities

Summary

Examines the life of eighteenth-century composer Ludwig van Beethoven, discussing his difficult childhood, early gift for music, volatile personality, hearing loss, and the influence of other composers on his work. Includes twenty-one related activities

Table Of Contents

1. Vibrating sounds : Make a hornbook and quill pen -- Play blind and bell. 2.A new teacher : Sing your own musical variation -- Make a silhouette picture. 3. Opportunity and upheaval : Dance a Viennese waltz -- Make Austrian apple pancakes. 4. Acclaim in Vienna : Write a letter of introduction -- Create a CD cover for a Beethoven work. 5. The Heiligenstadt testament : Make a model eardrum -- Think like a music critic -- Make a thumb piano. 6. Heroic methods : Sew your own notebook -- Get inspired to create music -- Discover the key. 7. Fidelio : Create a diorama picturing the dungeon scene in Fidelio -- Picture the music. 8. Straining to hear : Make a plaster life mask -- How does an ear trumpet work? 9. Dear Karl : Learn about sign language. 10. Reaching the heights : Create liner notes for a Beethoven CD -- Discover how your lungs workVibrating sounds -- A new teacher -- Opportunity and upheaval -- Acclaim in Vienna -- The Heiligenstadt testament -- Heroic methods -- Fidelio -- Straining to hear -- Dear Karl -- Reaching the heights

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Creator