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Beethoven at the Alamo Poet Jon Dressel reads his poem "Beethoven at the Alamo" in honor of composer Ludwig van Beethoven's birthday. It takes its inspiration from the "Peanuts" comic strip, in which piano-playing Schroeder and Charlie Brown used to have an ongoing debate about which boyhood hero was greater...Beethoven or Davy Crockett.

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Beethoven at the Alamo

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Beethoven at the Alamo

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Poet Jon Dressel reads his poem "Beethoven at the Alamo" in honor of composer Ludwig van Beethoven's birthday. It takes its inspiration from the "Peanuts" comic strip, in which piano-playing Schroeder and Charlie Brown used to have an ongoing debate about which boyhood hero was greater...Beethoven or Davy Crockett.