What Music!: The Fifty-Year Friendship between Beethoven and Nannette Streicher, Who Built His Pianos
(Laurie Lawlor & Becca Stadtlander)
 
Used in Elementary A: Medieval to Modern
From the publisher:
 
In 1787, aspiring yet unknown composer Ludwig van Beethoven arrives at young Nannette Stein’s home. What follows is a decades-long friendship that persists whether life hits a low or high note. Acclaimed nonfiction writer Laurie Lawlor deftly depicts how these two fascinating friends—a composer with hearing loss and a woman who became an innovative piano maker in a time that discouraged female entrepreneurship—fought the odds and worked together in perfect harmony.
 
Laurie Lawlor's exploration of the high and low notes of Beethoven's and Streicher's lives pairs movingly with Becca Stadtlander's intricate artwork to showcase the enduring bond between these creative companions."