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This book is a biography of Franz Peter Schubert, who wrote more than 1000 musical pieces.

A biography of the composer who became known as the "father of the symphony" after creating more than one hundred in his lifetime.

Discusses the life of Kurt Waldheim, who was elected president of Austria in spite of a hidden Nazi past.

Examines the life of the Austrian journalist who became the founder of the modern Zionist movement.

Text and illustrations describe the life and work of Beethoven and the world in which he lived.

Follows the life of the talented Austrian composer, from his performances as a child prodigy to his early death and burial in an unmarked pauper's grave.

On the eve of his great operatic triumph "Don Giovanni, " Mozart looks back on the events of his life that led to this moment.

A brief biography of the German musician who composed some of his greatest works after he became deaf.

Examines the life and work of Gregor Mendel, a nineteenth-century monk whose curiosity led to his discovery of the gene.

In 1938, having begun to feel the persecution that all Jews are experiencing in their Austrian city, Clara and her family escape over the mountains into Switzerland.