The World's Great Men of Music: Story-Lives of Master Musicians
Harriette Brower
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These stories are gathered from many sources including biographies, letters, journals and musical history. The life story of 25 of the most celebrated musicians is presented. The author has aimed to make the story-sketches interesting to young people in hopes that they may prove valuable to musical readers of all ages. Students of piano, violin or other instruments need to know how the great composers lived their lives. In every musical career described in this book, from the old masters represented by Bach and Beethoven to the musical prophets of our own day, there is a wealth of inspiration and practical guidance for the artist in any field. Through their struggles, sorrows and triumphs, divine melody and harmony came into being, which will bless the world for all time to come. - Summary taken from the Foreword of the author (10 hr 26 min)
Chapters
| Foreword | 2:02 | Read by Paul Harvey |
| Palestrina | 13:32 | Read by Paul Harvey |
| John Sebastian Bach | 24:26 | Read by Paul Harvey |
| George Frederick Handel | 26:26 | Read by Paul Harvey |
| Christoph Willibald Gluck | 22:19 | Read by Paul Harvey |
| Josef Haydn | 29:51 | Read by Paul Harvey |
| Wolfgang Mozart | 48:15 | Read by Paul Harvey |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | 20:11 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Carl Maria von Weber | 20:33 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Franz Schubert | 20:23 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | 27:28 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Robert Schumann | 33:09 | Read by jenno |
| Frederic Chopin | 35:40 | Read by Louis Hehman |
| Hector Berlioz | 28:10 | Read by jenno |
| Franz Liszt | 30:37 | Read by Louis Hehman |
| Giuseppe Verdi | 28:03 | Read by jenno |
| Richard Wagner | 32:25 | Read by jenno |
| César Franck | 18:35 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Johannes Brahms | 37:02 | Read by Louis Hehman |
| Edward Grieg | 26:51 | Read by Chris Fong |
| Peter Ilyitch Tschaikowsky | 22:16 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Edward MacDowell | 18:00 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Claude Achille Debussy | 17:06 | Read by jenno |
| Arturo Toscanini | 16:19 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Leopold Stokowsky | 13:57 | Read by Greg Giordano |
| Serge Koussevitzky | 13:19 | Read by Greg Giordano |
Reviews
Exceptional book! Beautifully read!
Karen Bromberg
This is just the book I've been waiting for on Librivox! For several years I played the Piano and played several music scires of several of these musical greats! So to this day, I love classical music and every one of the composers. I enjoyed this book, especially about J.S. Bach. He is still my favorite because at my first Piano Recital, I played J.S. Bach music. Thank you Librivox and thank you to the readers for such a special book!