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The World's Great Men of Music: Story-Lives of Master Musicians

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(4,7 Sterne; 5 Bewertungen)

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

Bewertungen

Exceptional book! Beautifully read!

(5 Sterne)

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!