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                            CHILD'S OWN BOOK
                          _of Great Musicians_
                                SCHUMANN


                             [Illustration]


                                  _By_
                             THOMAS TAPPER


                          THEODORE PRESSER CO.
                          1712 CHESTNUT STREET
                              PHILADELPHIA




                             [Illustration]

                         Directions for Binding


Enclosed in this envelope is the cord and the needle with which to bind
this book. Start in from the outside as shown on the diagram here. Pass
the needle and thread through the center of the book, leaving an end
extend outside, then through to the outside, about 2 inches from the
center; then from the outside to inside 2 inches from the center at the
other end of the book, bringing the thread finally again through the
center, and tie the two ends in a knot, one each side of the cord on the
outside.

                =THEO. PRESSER CO., Pub's., Phila., Pa.=




                          HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

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This book is one of a series known as the CHILD'S OWN BOOK OF GREAT
MUSICIANS, written by Thomas Tapper, author of "Pictures from the Lives
of the Great Composers for Children," "Music Talks with Children,"
"First Studies in Music Biography," and others.

The sheet of illustrations included herewith is to be cut apart by the
child, and each illustration is to be inserted in its proper place
throughout the book, pasted in the space containing the same number as
will be found under each picture on the sheet. It is not necessary to
cover the entire back of a picture with paste. Put it only on the
corners and place neatly within the lines you will find printed around
each space. Use photographic paste, if possible.

After this play-work is completed there will be found at the back of the
book blank pages upon which the child is to write his own story of the
great musician, based upon the facts and questions found on the previous
pages.

The book is then to be sewed by the child through the center with the
cord found in the enclosed envelope. The book thus becomes the child's
own book.

This series will be found not only to furnish a pleasing and interesting
task for the children, but will teach them the main facts with regard to
the life of each of the great musicians--an educational feature worth
while.

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This series of the Child's Own Book of Great Musicians includes at
present a book on each of the following:

        Bach                  Grieg                 Mozart
        Beethoven             Handel                Nevin
        Brahms                Haydn                 Schubert
        Chopin                Liszt                 Schumann
        Dvorak                MacDowell             Tschaikowsky
        Foster                Mendelssohn           Verdi
                                                    Wagner




                   [Illustration: Transcriber's note:
       First page of illustrations: 1, 14, 15, 12, 11, 10, 13, 6]




                   [Illustration: Transcriber's note:
         Second page of illustrations: 7, 8, 16, 9, 5, 3, 4, 2]




                             Robt. Schumann


                        The Story of the Boy Who
                         Made Pictures in Music


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                         Made up into a Book by


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                              Philadelphia
                          Theodore Presser Co.
                           1712 Chestnut Str.


                 Copyright. 1916, by THEO. PRESSER CO.
                         Printed in the U.S.A.




                      [Illustration: No. 1

                      Cut the picture of Schumann
                        from the sheet of pictures.
                      Paste in here.
                      Write the composer's name
                        below and the dates also.]


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                                  BORN


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                                  DIED


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                     The Story of the Boy Who Made
                           Pictures in Music.


When Robert Schumann was a boy he used to amuse his friends by playing
their pictures on the piano. He could make the music imitate the person.

One day he said to them: This is the way the farmer walks when he comes
home singing from his work.

                          [Illustration: No. 2
                           THE HAPPY FARMER.]

Some day you will be able to play a lot of pieces by Schumann that
picture the pleasantest things so clearly that you can see them very
plainly indeed. In one of his books there is a music picture of a boy
riding a rocking horse.

Another of a little girl falling asleep.

_A March for Little Soldiers._ (That is, make-believes.)

And then there are _Sitting by the Fireside_, _What they Sing in
Church_, and a piece the first four notes of which spell the name of a
composer who was a good friend of Schumann's.

This composer came from Denmark.

                          [Illustration: No. 3
                              NIELS GADE.]

This is a picture of the house in Zwickau, Germany, where Robert
Schumann was born.

                          [Illustration: No. 4
                        SCHUMANN'S BIRTHPLACE.]

Schumann was a strong healthy youth who had many friends and loved life.

                          [Illustration: No. 5
                          SCHUMANN AS A YOUTH.]

What do you think the Father