Explores the life and work of the prolific eighteenth-century Austrian composer who began life as a child prodigy, composing music at the age of five, and died a pauper at age thirty-five.

An illustrated introduction to eighteenth-century German composer Ludwig van Beethoven, discussing the influences and historical events that shaped his life and work.

On the eve of his great operatic triumph "Don Giovanni," Mozart looks back on the events of his life that led to this moment.

A brief account of the life of the eighteenth-century Austrian composer, from his acclaim as a child prodigy through his prolific musical career to his early death in 1791 at age thirty-five.

With stunning and expressive illustrations, Diane Stanley portrays Mozart's turbulent life as a marionette show, inspired by the famous Salzburg Marionette Theatre, using an innovative artistic approach to present the life of a renowned musical genius. In concise and lyrical prose, Stanley presents an honest and sympathetic portrait of the boyhood and tragically short adulthood of a composer whose music has lived on for more than two hundred years....

A biography of the composer from his days as a boy wonder to his adult success, his last years, and his death.

A brief biography of Ludwig van Beethoven, emphasizing the importance of giving in his life.