Tell Me About Beethoven

By Michael Gruenbaum

Young David has a school assignment to learn about Beethoven and his music. Fortunately, his grandfather can not only play Beethoven's music for him, but he can also tell David the story of Beethoven's life. David learns that Beethoven learned to play piano at age four and kept composing music his whole life, even after losing his hearing. David can't help but appreciate the man and his music, which people have been listening to and enjoying for more than 200 years.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Release date: Mar 31, 2022
• ISBN: 9781649794611

Michael Gruenbaum

Michael Gruenbaum (1930–2023) was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. In 1942, he was sent to the concentration camp Theresienstadt, or Terezin, with his mother and sister, and remained there until the end of the war. He emigrated to the United States in 1950, graduated from MIT and Yale, served two years in the Army, and worked for the Boston Redevelopment Authority and Mass. Dept. of Public Works, before cofounding a consulting firm. He was married for fifty years to Thelma Gruenbaum, coauthor with Michael of Nesarim: Child Survivors of Terezin. He had three sons and four grandchildren. Find out more at MichaelGruenbaum.com. 

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