Tells the stories of the lives of six great composers, including Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Vivaldi, Shostakovich, and Dvorak, and features excerpts from their music.
The letters that ten-year-old Christoph and his uncle exchange show how Christoph's feelings for Mr. Beethoven, the eccentric boarder that shares his house, change from anger and embarrassment to compassion and admiration.
After a very self-important modern cat named Ludwig discovers from an old book that he strongly resembles Ludwig van Beethoven's cat, he begins to suspect that he has become possessed by the spirit of the long-dead composer.
