Stories of Symphonic Music
Lawrence Gilman
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Length 10 h 16 min
Chapters 37
First published 1907
'A guide to the meaning of important symphonies, overtures and tone-poems from Beethoven to the present day'. Gilman became notorious for scathing reviews of compositions later to become classics. Here he analyzes the stories behind some famous and not so famous works. - Summary by Lynne Thompson
Chapters
1
Preface Read by Lynne T 10:40
2
BANTOCK Read by Lynne T 9:42
3
BEETHOVEN Read by WilkieMills 22:28
4
BERLIOZ Read by WilkieMills 22:55
5
BIZET Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 9:24
6
CHADWICK Read by Monika M. C. 12:24
7
CHARPENTIER Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 7:07
8
CHAUSSON Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 9:00
9
CONVERSE Read by Larry Wilson 12:24
10
DEBUSSY Read by Kathleen Moore 11:27
11
DUKAS Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 9:04
12
DVOŘÁK Read by Availle 16:08
13
ELGAR Read by Kathleen Moore 17:09
14
FRANCK Read by Grant Hicks 13:39
15
GLAZOUNOFF Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 8:11
16
GOLDMARK Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 6:36
17
GRIEG Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 6:38
18
HADLEY Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 7:52
19
HUBER Read by Monika M. C. 9:59
20
d'INDY Read by Grant Hicks 11:27
21
LISZT Read by Kathleen Moore 59:14
22
LOEFFLER Read by Grant Hicks 19:12
23
MAC DOWELL Read by Greg Giordano 15:05
24
MENDELSSOHN Read by Jan Moorehouse 19:46
25
RAFF Read by DJRickyV 16:30
26
RIMSKY-KORSAKOFF Read by Kathleen Moore 25:23
27
SAINT-SAËNS Read by Monika M. C. 7:47
28
SCHUMANN Read by realisticspeakers 9:32
29
SIBELIUS Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 8:38
30
SMETANA Read by Lynda Marie Neilson 5:04
31
SPOHR Read by Monika M. C. 7:36
32
STRAUSS part 1 Read by realisticspeakers 46:56
33
STRAUSS part 2 Read by realisticspeakers 26:34
34
TSCHAIKOWSKY Read by Mayah 34:10
35
TSCHAIKOWSKY PART 2 Read by Mayah 44:58
36
WAGNER Read by realisticspeakers 11:28
37
WOLF Read by schrm 9:21
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