A Mouse Called Wolf
CHAPTER 3: Learn more about Steinway & Sons pianos and the composer Felix Mendelssohn
Steinway & Sons pianos are considered by many to be the best made pianos in the world. Click the blue buttons to learn more about this Queens, NY, company that was founded by Henry E. Steinway in 1853.
"Wolf crept quietly out of the mousehole, scaled the piano leg, walked along the keyboard, and sat down on middle C, just below the elegant lettering that said: STEINWAY & SONS." (p. 18)
The first time Wolf sings a song, it is from Songs Without Words by Felix Mendelssohn. Click the blue buttons to learn more about this composer who was born in Germany, and lived from 1809 - 1847.
"'La-la-la!' he caroled, for of course he knew no words to the music. But it did not matter, for by chance the piece he had chosen was from a book of folk tunes by Mendelssohn called Songs Without Words." (p. 20)