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)
Chapitres
| Foreword | 2:02 | Lu par Paul Harvey |
| Palestrina | 13:32 | Lu par Paul Harvey |
| John Sebastian Bach | 24:26 | Lu par Paul Harvey |
| George Frederick Handel | 26:26 | Lu par Paul Harvey |
| Christoph Willibald Gluck | 22:19 | Lu par Paul Harvey |
| Josef Haydn | 29:51 | Lu par Paul Harvey |
| Wolfgang Mozart | 48:15 | Lu par Paul Harvey |
| Ludwig van Beethoven | 20:11 | Lu par Jim Locke |
| Carl Maria von Weber | 20:33 | Lu par Jim Locke |
| Franz Schubert | 20:23 | Lu par Jim Locke |
| Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | 27:28 | Lu par Jim Locke |
| Robert Schumann | 33:09 | Lu par jenno |
| Frederic Chopin | 35:40 | Lu par Louis Hehman |
| Hector Berlioz | 28:10 | Lu par jenno |
| Franz Liszt | 30:37 | Lu par Louis Hehman |
| Giuseppe Verdi | 28:03 | Lu par jenno |
| Richard Wagner | 32:25 | Lu par jenno |
| César Franck | 18:35 | Lu par Greg Giordano |
| Johannes Brahms | 37:02 | Lu par Louis Hehman |
| Edward Grieg | 26:51 | Lu par Chris Fong |
| Peter Ilyitch Tschaikowsky | 22:16 | Lu par Greg Giordano |
| Edward MacDowell | 18:00 | Lu par Greg Giordano |
| Claude Achille Debussy | 17:06 | Lu par jenno |
| Arturo Toscanini | 16:19 | Lu par Greg Giordano |
| Leopold Stokowsky | 13:57 | Lu par Greg Giordano |
| Serge Koussevitzky | 13:19 | Lu par Greg Giordano |
Critiques
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!