bStrings quivered. Notes shimmered. Meet best friends acclaimed composer Ludwig van Beethoven and bold female entrepreneur Nannette Streicher in this lively and lyrical nonfiction picture book.b piIn a tall, narrow building on a wide avenue ibripianos plinked and plunked day and night.ibriEveryone in quiet Augsburg knew the Stein home.ibriWhat music!i pIn 1787, aspiring yet unknown composer Ludwig van Beethoven arrives at young Nannette Stein's home. What follows is a decades-long friendship that persists whether life hits a low or high note. Acclaimed nonfiction writer Laurie Lawlor deftly depicts how these two fascinating friends--a composer with hearing loss and a woman who became an innovative piano maker in a time that discouraged female entrepreneurship--fought the odds and worked together in perfect harmony. pThe author of picture book biography iFearless World Traveleri, Lawlor masterfully uses forgotten historical letters, a glossary, and rich back matter on both friends' live