Story-Lives of Great Musicians

About this film

LibriVox recording of Story-Lives of Great Musicians by Francis Jameson Rowbotham. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. Following the plan of his previous volume of Great Authors, the writer has here endeavoured to weave into more or less story form a few of the facts and incidents in the lives of some great musicians. It is hoped that young readers — and especially those to whom music is a subject of study — will take a greater interest in some of the masterpieces of composition when they have learnt something about the composers themselves, and the circumstances under which they wrote. - Summary from the Preface For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit librivox.org . M4B Audiobook (303MB)

Directors & creators

Francis Jameson Rowbotham

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;biography; Goethe; Bach; Beethoven; Haydn; Schubert; Handel; opera; composers; orchestra; concert; composition; violin; franz schubert; composer; mannheim; mendelssohn; vienna; pianoforte; symphony; oratorio; biography -- 17th century; biography -- 18th century; biography -- 19th cent; composers -- biography; performing arts -- biography; haydn joseph 1732-1809 -- biography; mendelssohn-bartholdy felix 1809-1847 -- biography; mozart wolfgang amadeus 1756-1791 -- biography; composers -- austria; composers -- france; composers -- germany; composers -- great britain; composers -- austria -- biography; composers -- france -- biography; composers -- germany -- biography; composers -- great britain -- biography; harpsichord; abraham mendelssohn; salzburg; hainburg; lüneburg; motets; musical temperament; sonatas

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