The Book Catalog
Composer Study

Stories of Great Composers

Stories of Great Composers has twelve lessons which give students a glimpse into each composer’s life, character, and music. It includes a CD of the suggested listening, featuring one composition by each composer.

George Frideric Handel: Composer of Messiah

Charles Ludwig
Mott Media; Paperback; 186 pp.

A moving biography of one of the great musicians, George Frederic Handel. The book details Handel’s growing musicianship from youth to adult, and the deepening spiritual life that led to the creation of the incomparable Messiah.

Mozart, The Wonder Boy

Opal Wheeler & Sybil Deucher
Zeezok; Paperback; 120 pp.

Mozart, The Wonder Boy is filled with vivid descriptions of Mozart’s childhood and later life and helps the reader to understand how these sometimes amazing events shaped the music of the greatest musicians of all time.

Joseph Haydn, The Merry Peasant

Opal Wheeler & Sybil Deucher
Zeezok; Paperback; 120 pp.

An inspiring biography of the great musician Joseph Haydn, the authors give a delightful description of the early years of the musician who would later become Papa Haydn, beloved by all.

Frederic Chopin:
Son of Poland, early years

Opal Wheeler
Zeezok Publishing; Paperback; 160 pp.

Frederic Chopin, celebrated pianist and probably the greatest composer for the piano the world has His astounding performance, playing the solo part of a difficult concerto with the full Warsaw orchestra when only nine years of age marked little Frederic as the genius he was.

A Companion Disc to Frederic Chopin

Zeezok Publishing; Compact Disc

This enhanced CD provides audio files of all the music from Wheeler`s classic books on Frederic Chopin in audio and MP3 file format, so that you can hear a sample of this composer`s works. In addition, all the music contained in the books can be printed as sheet music.

Ludwig Beethoven
and the Chiming Tower Bells

Opal Wheeler
Zeezok Publishing; Paperback; 127 pp.

Here is the story of the great Ludwig van Beethoven, told with feeling and delicate skill for boys and girls. "Perhaps he, too, will become a musician like all the Beethovens," said Father Johann”. From then on, the four-year-old Ludwig was kept at the piano hour after hour until the long exercises were mastered. This is his story an inspiring story of his achievements against all odds of his growing deafness.

A Companion Disc to Ludwig Beethoven and the Chiming Tower Bells

Zeezok Publishing; Compact Disc

This enhanced CD provides audio files of all the music from Wheeler & Deucher`s classic books on Beethoven and Haydn in MP3 file format, so that you can hear a sample of these composers` works. Note: Does not contain complete works only music that is given in the book. In addition, all the music contained in the books can be printed as sheet music from this enhanced CD.

The Young Brahms

Opal Wheeler
Zeezok Publishing; Paperback; 127 pp.

Johannes Brahms, the frail little son of poor parents, spent the first years of his life in a wretched tenement. His father, an irresponsible musician, kept the child up, playing the piano at low taverns, until all hours of the night for whatever small payment he could get. However, little Johannes` love for fine music and for composing finally led to lessons and then to a speedy success.

Franz Schubert and His Merry Friends

Opal Wheeler
Zeezok Publishing; Paperback; 127 pp.

This book is about the brilliant young Schubert, his merry friends, and their pranks and escapades, most of which, Franz is the hero. One of the most interesting stories in the book is the new light that is shed on the history of the Unfinished Symphony. It remained unfinished, not because of poverty, illness and discouragement, or because of the composer`s early death. The real reason, according to the authors, was that Schubert`s merry friends were starting for a picnic just when he was in the middle of it, and he went along. You will enjoy this delightful biography.

A Companion Disk to The Young Brahms and Franz Schubert and His Merry Friends

Zeezok Publishing; Compact Disc

This enhanced CD provides audio files of all the music from Wheeler & Deucher`s classic books on Brahms and Schubert in an audio format, so that you can hear a sample of the composers` works that are contained in these books. Note: Does not include complete works only the music given in the book.