The 39 Apartments of Ludwig Van Beethoven

By Winter, Jonah & Blitt, Barry

Publishers Summary:
How hard is it to move 5 legless pianos 39 times?Beethoven owned five legless pianos and composed great works on the floor. His first apartment was in the center of Vienna's theater district... but he forgot to pay rent, so he had to move. (And it's very hard to move a piano. Even harder to move five). Beethoven's next apartment was in a dangerous part of town... so he moved, and the pianos followed on a series of pulleys. Then came an apartment with a view of the Danube (but he made too much noise and the neighbors complained), followed by an attic apartment (where he made even MORE of a rukus), and so Beethoven moved again and again. Each time, pianos were bought, left behind, transported on pulleys, slides, and by movers, all so that gifted Beethoven could compose great works of music for the world.From the Hardcover edition.

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ISBN
978-0-37593-602-9
Publisher
Schwartz & Wade


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on October 1, 2006

Gr 2-5 This offbeat picture book blends facts with bits of quirky, occasionally amusing speculation. Beginning with the composers birth in 1770 (the wild-haired infant cries to the tempo of his famed Fifth SymphonyWah Wah Wah Wah), Winter reveals that the adult Beethoven lived in 39 different apartments in and around Vienna. If readers wonder why he relocated so often, the tongue-in-cheek text cites such reasons as forgetting to pay rent, the hideous stinky smell from a nearby cheese shop, and noise complaints f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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