Music
The Song Against Songs
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
G. K. Chesterton
LibriVox volunteers bring you 9 recordings of The Song Against Songs by G. K. Chesterton. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for Octobe…
A Popular History of the Art of Music
Read by Tony Oliva
W. S. B. Mathews
Preface by W.S.B. Mathews: I have here endeavored to provide a readable account of the entire history of the art of music, within the compas…
The Baby's Songbook
Read by Carol Stripling
Walter Crane
This is a collection of 14 songs chosen from Walter Crane's "The Baby's Opera" and "The Baby's Bouquet" containing class…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Read by David Wales
Herbert Francis Peyser
Mozart’s earthly career was so poignantly short yet so filled with incalculable achievement that the author of this booklet finds himself co…
The Life of Mozart Volume 1
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Otto Jahn
An in depth look into the life of one of the greatest ever composers and musicians. Mozart was truly a gifted individual and this is an inte…
Shakespeare and Music
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Christopher Wilson
Shakespeare's plays are full of music: love songs, comic ditties, serious ballads, and songs for witches and spirits. Over the centuries mus…
Jazz Fantasia
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Carl Sandburg
As our weekly poem of 30-July-2006, “Jazz Fantasia” was a special challenge because it isn’t just about jazz, it IS jazz. The rhythm is cent…
Folk Ballad Collection 001
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Various
LibriVox’s first collection of sung and spoken folk ballads (13 in collection).
Favorite Hymns 01
Read by BookAngel7
Various
From the earliest period of history, God's people have found joy in expressing their praise to Him in song. This is a collection of 30 favo…
Stories From The Operas
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Gladys Davidson
"Owing to the appreciation which has been accorded to my three series of "Stories from the Operas," it has been decided to re…
Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works
Read by Edmund Bloxam
Edward Baxter Perry
A look at the poetic motivations behind certain piano works. An understanding of these pieces on purely poetic grounds, with little insight …
Ludwig Van Beethoven
Read by David Wales
Pitts Sanborn
The late Pitts Sanborn wrote this booklet under the title Beethoven and his Nine Symphonies... I have left Mr. Sanborn’s pages on the symph…
Padre Ignacio, Or The Song Of Temptation
Read by David Wales
Owen Wister
Padre Ignacio has been the pastor of California mission Santa Ysabel del Mar for twenty years. In 1855 a stranger rides into the mission bri…
George Frideric Handel
Read by David Wales
Herbert Francis Peyser
Handel’s long career resembles a gigantic tapestry, so bewilderingly crowded with detail, so filled with turmoil and vicissitude, with vast …
Schubert And His Works
Read by David Wales
Herbert Francis Peyser
This is a short introduction to Franz Schubert’s life and works. “…to give the casual radio listener a slight idea of Schubert’s inundating…
Public Domain Hymns 01
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Various
"Originally modeled on the Psalms and other poetic passages (commonly referred to as "canticles") in the Scriptures, Christia…
Christmas Poetry and Hymn Collection
Read by Douglas D. Anderson
Various
This collection includes 40 different Christmas carols collected and read by Douglas D. Anderson, the creator of The Hymns and Carols of Chr…
Merry Clappum Junction
Read by Ruth Golding
Arnold Kennedy
This is a jolly little book about a little boy, a dog, a train and a house. But not an ordinary train, oh no, and not an ordinary house eith…
A Bird in a Gilded Cage
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Arthur J. Lamb
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of A Bird in a Gilded Cage by Arthur J. Lamb. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 2, …
Tschaikovsky And His Orchestral Music
Read by David Wales
Louis Biancolli
Included in this little book are analyses and backgrounds of most of Tschaikowsky’s standard concert music. A short sketch of Tschaikowsky’s…