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Stories of Great Musicians

By Kathrine Lois Scobey, Olive Brown Horne

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STORIES OF GREAT MUSICIANS
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
JOHN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
- THE CHILD MUSICIAN
- BACH IN PUBLIC LIFE
GEORGE FREDERICK HANDEL (1685-1759)
- THE WONDER CHILD
- HANDEL'S EARLY WORK
- HANDEL IN ENGLAND
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
- THE CHILD MOZART
- MOZART'S FIRST TRAVELS
- MOZART IN FRANCE, ENGLAND, AND HOLLAND
- MOZART IN ITALY
- MOZART, THE COMPOSER
FRANCIS JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809)
- THE CHOIR BOY
- THE CHAPEL MASTER
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
- EARLY LIFE OF BEETHOVEN
- BEETHOVEN IN VIENNA
- THE MOONLIGHT SONATA (Adapted)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN (1809-1847)
- GOETHE AND MENDELSSOHN
- MENDELSSOHN'S TRAVELS AND WORKS
FREDERICK CHOPIN (1809-1849)
- A POLISH LAD WHO BECAME FAMOUS
- CHOPIN'S EARLY MANHOOD
- CHOPIN IN PARIS
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
- BOYHOOD OF SCHUMANN
- SCHUMANN A LAW STUDENT
- SCHUMANN THE MUSICIAN
FRANZ PETER SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
- THE WRITER OF SWEET SONGS
- HEDGE ROSES
- THE WANDERER'S NIGHT SONG
RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)
- EARLY LIFE OF WAGNER
- WAGNER AND HIS WORK
- LOHENGRIN
  - The Holy Grail
  - The Coming of the Knight
  - Departure of the Knight
- The Holy Grail
- The Coming of the Knight
- Departure of the Knight
VOCABULARY

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