Joseph Haydn, Merry Little Peasant by Opal Wheeler

Joseph Haydn,
The Merry Little Peasant
by Opal Wheeler & Sybil Deucher

Back in Print
Originally published in 1936

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.

There are 15 musical scores included in the text of the book, AND the same music is on the MP3 CD (described below) in a printable format straight from your computer. You don‘t even have to go to the music store to purchase the music. Just print it out from the CD. In addition to the printable sheet music, there are printable pictures to color, and the recorded music of each selection.
(the MP3 CD is purchased separately)

Softcover
120 pages
$13.95

Haydn Study Guide
by Judy Wilcox

Intended to complement Opal Wheeler and Sybil Deucher’s classic Joseph Haydn the Merry Little Peasant.

Packed with timelines, maps, reading comprehension questions, character quality highlights, and extra tidbits of information about Haydn’s life and his music. Written for children in grades K-6, this study guide makes a great addition to any study of master composers.

Softcover, $4.95

Beethoven/Haydn
Companion CD

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 these composers` works. In addition, all the music contained in the books can be printed as sheet music from this enhanced CD. Moreover, printable coloring pages for each chapter of both books are provided. Geared for a variety of learners - auditory, kinesthetic, visual, and just plain "active" - it`s a excellent supplement to your reading experience.

Click to Hear Gypsy Rondo by Haydn

Click to Hear Haydn’s Austrian Hymn
We know it as a great hymn, Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken

MP3CD, $7.95

This must be played on an MP3 CD player. I will also work on a computer CD-ROM or a DVD player. It will NOT work on a regular CD player.

Has the companion music for both Beethoven and Haydn books and Study Guides. <

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