Lives of the Musicians: Good Times, Bad Times (and What the Neighbors Thought)

My son is all into music so a good book to know more about various composers and their far from easy lives.

Brought for son to give him a little info on famous composers, It does that.

I wasn't sure what to expect with this book. I bought it to read with my 7yr old grandson and it has become a favourite bedtime read. He did, however, ask why there weren't enough lady composers in the book. Fair point, well made.

Excellent

This is a nice book, however, for my grade 2 son, I found some statement inappropriate such as: Beethoven's father was an alcoholic. Beethoven as well was drinking a lot. I found it unnecessary explaining about the facts.Another thing I personally dislike using "Girlfriend", "Boyfriend" words, simply because they look cheap and are not musical.. Not only it's not proportionate with the time and cultural of those time of Beethoven also for young readers there are extraordinary beautiful words such as " Beloved", love, friend etc.