Review (PDF) Joseph Haydn, The Merry Little Peasant
This is a simple, inspiring children's biography of the great musician Haydn. This story, like all the stories of the great composers by Wheeler and Deucher, will win its way into the hearts of all music-loving children; for it, too, is told with all the understanding, sympathy and appreciation that its two inspired authors have to give. "Little Sepperl [as the child Franz Joseph Haydn was called] always sat on a wooden stool near his father and with two smooth pieces of wood held firmly in his hands, played his own make-believe violin. His parents watched the boy drawing one stick slowly across the other as he played so seriously, keeping perfect time." Then one day he went to live with his cousin in a town near Vienna, close by the river Danube. There he learned to read music and sing. Once when the drummer was too sick to march in a procession, little Franz Joseph was asked to take his place. So he practiced all day on the meal barrel with a cloth tied over the top...until he could play the part without a single mistake. Such was the musical beginning of the boy who later played before kings in palaces, and who has left us some of the most beautiful music ever written. For boys and girls, from 8 to 12 years of age, this book is particularly recommended. It has the great value of being instructive, cultural and inspiring, as well as recreational.
Paperback: 120 pages
Publisher: Zeezok Publishing (May 24, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1933573007
ISBN-13: 978-1933573007
Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 0.2 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #790,034 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #44 in Books > Humor & Entertainment > Sheet Music & Scores > Composers > Haydn #26752 in Books > Arts & Photography > Music
This book fits our needs for a biography for our homeschooling children. However it is obvious that it is meant to be paired with a CD which I did not realize and so they should probably be packaged together.
This is a great book for early music appreciation. My children have really enjoyed reading this together. I highly recommend this book.
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