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
Chapters
1
Bach Part 1 Read by Beeswaxcandle 14:57
2
Bach Part 2 Read by Beeswaxcandle 24:05
3
Bach Part 3 Read by Beeswaxcandle 14:44
4
Handel Part 1 Read by John Leloup 13:58
5
Handel Part 2 Read by John Leloup 18:56
6
Handel Part 3 Read by John Leloup 17:02
7
Handel Part 4 Read by John Leloup 17:31
8
Handel Part 5 Read by John Leloup 21:01
9
Haydn Part 1 Read by mkirkpat 22:52
10
Haydn Part 2 Read by mkirkpat 16:47
11
Haydn Part 3 Read by mkirkpat 20:11
12
Haydn Part 4 Read by mkirkpat 25:49
13
Haydn Part 5 Read by mkirkpat 22:06
14
Mozart Part 1 Read by mkirkpat 23:11
15
Mozart Part 2 Read by mkirkpat 22:21
16
Mozart Part 3 Read by mkirkpat 20:58
17
Mozart Part 4 Read by mkirkpat 26:27
18
Mozart Part 5 Read by mkirkpat 22:25
19
Beethoven Part 1 Read by Rita Boutros 24:26
20
Beethoven Part 2 Read by Rita Boutros 17:53
21
Beethoven Part 3 Read by Rita Boutros 25:31
22
Beethoven Part 4 Read by Rita Boutros 18:49
23
Beethoven Part 5 Read by Rita Boutros 20:40
24
Schubert Part 1 Read by Michael Fassio 16:06
25
Schubert Part 2 Read by Michael Fassio 22:10
26
Schubert Part 3 Read by Michael Fassio 24:39
27
Schubert Part 4 Read by Michael Fassio 12:09
28
Mendelssohn Part 1 Read by jenno 28:55
29
Mendelssohn Part 2 Read by jenno 15:24
30
Mendelssohn Part 3 Read by jenno 26:37
31
Mendelssohn Part 4 Read by jenno 17:04
32
Mendelssohn Part 5 Read by jenno 26:20
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