A Mouse Called Wolf

CHAPTER 5: Beethoven & Brahms

Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer who lived from 1770 - 1827.  Johannes Brahms was also a German composer who was born six years after Beethoven died (1833), and lived until 1897.

Click on the blue buttons and the videos to learn more about these two composers

Listen to Three Blind Mice, and see if you can sing Wolf's version to the tune on p. 38!

Yo-Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott play Brahms' Lullaby 

Watch these cool videos that make playing the piano look like you are playing a video game!

"Seated once more at her piano, Mrs. Honeybee pondered what to play.  In her youth she had been a convert pianist and though rheumatism meant that her gifts were not limited, she still loved to play short pieces by her favorite classical composers - Brahms, Beethoven, and of course Mozart." (p. 35)