Project Gutenberg 2011-01-31 Public domain in the USA. 92 Tapper, Thomas 1864 1958 Wagner : The Story of the Boy Who Wrote Little Plays Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Ernest Schaal, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (including the Music Team) at http://www.pgdp.net "Wagner: The Story of the Boy Who Wrote Little Plays" by Thomas Tapper is an educational children's book written in the early 20th century. The book is part of a series called the "Child's Own Book of Great Musicians" aimed at introducing children to the lives of renowned composers. It focuses on the life of Richard Wagner, detailing his journey from a boy with a passion for writing plays to becoming a groundbreaking composer who changed the landscape of opera. The narrative begins with Wagner's birth in Leipzig in 1813 and traces his upbringing after the early loss of his father. Unlike many great musicians, Wagner did not exhibit musical talent until later in his youth; instead, he focused on writing and literature. As he matured, he began composing operas that were distinctly different from his predecessors, bringing to life a myriad of characters—from everyday people to mythical deities. The book captures key moments from Wagner's life and highlights his unique contributions to music, while also encouraging children to engage interactively by pasting in illustrations and writing their own stories about him, thus making learning enjoyable and personal. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/35128/35128-h/images/cover.png en Composers -- Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883 -- Juvenile literature ML Text Child's Own Book of Great Musicians Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Music 46767 46777 2024-09-15T04:01:59.818869 2023-09-15T09:49:59.716478 text/html text/html 41669 2011-02-01T18:40:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1144589 2011-02-01T18:46:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1151974 2024-09-15T04:02:04.426869 application/epub+zip 1150843 2024-09-15T04:02:01.481861 application/epub+zip 2029849 2011-02-01T18:33:00 application/pdf 1962326 2011-02-01T18:47:08 application/pdf application/zip 56261 2024-09-15T04:02:00.149876 application/epub+zip 2468271 2024-09-15T04:02:06.070845 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2459472 2024-09-15T04:02:03.073867 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 146373 2022-09-16T07:07:46.886047 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 37141 37000 2024-09-15T04:01:59.587872 2023-09-15T09:49:59.522479 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 36904 2011-02-01T18:41:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 13013 2011-02-01T18:46:34 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 36904 2011-02-02T07:59:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 12988 2011-02-02T08:00:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22714 2024-09-15T04:02:06.209859 application/rdf+xml 27230 2024-09-15T04:02:00.218880 image/jpeg 3957 2024-09-15T04:02:00.183894 image/jpeg 1147804 2024-09-15T04:01:59.877906 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia