Story-Lives of Great Musicians

Francis Jameson Rowbotham (1860 - 1921)

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

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography, Music, Early Modern

Language: English

Keyword(s): biography (335), opera (27), composers (16), composer (16), Goethe (14), Beethoven (14), Bach (9), violin (9), Haydn (8), Handel (8) ... [Show full list]

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Bach Part 1 Beeswaxcandle
00:14:57
Play 02 Bach Part 2 Beeswaxcandle
00:24:05
Play 03 Bach Part 3 Beeswaxcandle
00:14:44
Play 04 Handel Part 1 John Leloup
00:13:58
Play 05 Handel Part 2 John Leloup
00:18:56
Play 06 Handel Part 3 John Leloup
00:17:02
Play 07 Handel Part 4 John Leloup
00:17:31
Play 08 Handel Part 5 John Leloup
00:21:01
Play 09 Haydn Part 1 mkirkpat
00:22:52
Play 10 Haydn Part 2 mkirkpat
00:16:47
Play 11 Haydn Part 3 mkirkpat
00:20:11
Play 12 Haydn Part 4 mkirkpat
00:25:49
Play 13 Haydn Part 5 mkirkpat
00:22:06
Play 14 Mozart Part 1 mkirkpat
00:23:11
Play 15 Mozart Part 2 mkirkpat
00:22:21
Play 16 Mozart Part 3 mkirkpat
00:20:58
Play 17 Mozart Part 4 mkirkpat
00:26:27
Play 18 Mozart Part 5 mkirkpat
00:22:25
Play 19 Beethoven Part 1 Rita Boutros
00:24:26
Play 20 Beethoven Part 2 Rita Boutros
00:17:53
Play 21 Beethoven Part 3 Rita Boutros
00:25:31
Play 22 Beethoven Part 4 Rita Boutros
00:18:49
Play 23 Beethoven Part 5 Rita Boutros
00:20:40
Play 24 Schubert Part 1 Michael Fassio
00:16:06
Play 25 Schubert Part 2 Michael Fassio
00:22:10
Play 26 Schubert Part 3 Michael Fassio
00:24:39
Play 27 Schubert Part 4 Michael Fassio
00:12:09
Play 28 Mendelssohn Part 1 jenno
00:28:55
Play 29 Mendelssohn Part 2 jenno
00:15:24
Play 30 Mendelssohn Part 3 jenno
00:26:37
Play 31 Mendelssohn Part 4 jenno
00:17:04
Play 32 Mendelssohn Part 5 jenno
00:26:20