A fun and friendly introduction to Beethoven for young children, with many famous and well-loved pieces.

Beethoven was a musical giant. He wasn't taller or fatter than everyone else, but his music is big and his name is important. Beethoven is like the Olympic champion of classical music. Some of the music he wrote is strong and serious, and some of it is very gentle. Listen here to orchestras, pianos, violins, and other instruments playing some of the most famous pieces of all!

‘Siepmann presents the life of Beethoven through musical biography. Combining [the] composer's music with narrative,
he demonstrates the development of each musician’s skills and growth as an artist.’
– Library Journal

In this biographical portrait, a titanic personality is revealed, both vulnerable and belligerent, comic and tragic, and above all heroic, as he comes to grips with perhaps the most challenging disability a musician can suffer. No man’s music is more universal; few men’s lives are more inspiring. Yet almost every work was the result of passionate struggle. In every sense but one – his modest height – Beethoven was a giant.