Beethoven
By Thomas Tapper
Ludwig van Beethoven was born in the lovely town of Bonn, on the River Rhine, on December 16, 1770. The house in which he spent his boyhood is still standing. The picture shows what a pretty, homelike place the house and the yard must have been. It is now the Beethoven House, or Museum, filled with mementoes of the great composer. There, you may see music pages written by him, letters, medals, and instruments; even his ear trumpet is there.
Genre: Young Readers | Music
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Thomas Tapper
Thomas Tapper (28 January 1864 – 24 February 1958) was a musician, composer, lecturer, writer, teacher, and editor born in Canton, Massachusetts, and studied music at the American College of Musicians.
Biography.
He wrote many books on music, mainly for children and young adults. His most famous is the Lives of Great Composers picture book series. He also wrote the First Year Series for musical instruction, which included First Year Musical Theory, First Year Counterpoint, First Year Harmony, Second Year Harmony, First Year Analysis, and First Year Melody Writing. He was the editor of “The Musician” and promoted rural and community music. Tapper also announced rote learning in the rote-note controversy of late 19th-century music education. His students included Isabel Stewart North and Carrie Burpee Shaw. Tapper married pianist Bertha Feiring Tapper in 1894.
Thomas Tapper
