Schroeder (Peanuts) Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity, the oldest and largest music fraternity in the world. In honor of Schroeder's passion for Beethoven, the Charles M. Schulz Museum (Santa Rosa) and the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies announced the launching in December 2009 of a permanent online exhibit of 60 of the 300 Schulz cartoons that involve Schroeder and Beethoven. Despite only playing on a toy piano, Schroeder is a very talented musician, who is obsessed with the music of Beethoven. Since he is Schroeder's "hero", he wants to be like Beethoven. Since Beethoven was a lifelong bachelor, Schroeder thinks he
Schroeder (Peanuts) and Schroeder feels he must emulate every aspect of his idol's life, even if he reciprocates Lucy's feelings. In a story arc where she and the rest of her family have moved out of town (also seen in the TV special "Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown?"), Schroeder becomes frustrated with his music and mutters disbelievingly that he misses her, realizing that, despite his animosity toward her, Lucy has unwittingly become Schroeder's muse and he cannot play without her (he parodies Henry Higgins by saying, "Don't tell me I've grown accustomed to "THAT" face!"). Sometimes he gets so annoyed with Lucy