Schroeder is a fictional character from the Peanuts comic strip and animated specials, created by Charles M. Schulz. He is a musically gifted young boy best known for playing the toy piano and for his deep admiration of Ludwig van Beethoven, whose music he often performs. Schroeder is also a frequent target of Lucy van Pelt’s romantic attention, which he usually ignores. In the series, he serves as the classical-music-loving, serious-minded contrast to the other children’s more playful and chaotic behavior.