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K-3Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers series.
This biographical sketch of a musical giant from the Romantic era succeeds in introducing very young readers to the composer's most significant work and how it fits into the genre of classical music. The simple text in a large typeface is accompanied by reproductions depicting Brahms and colorful cartoonlike drawings caricaturing various aspects of his life.