Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/cu31924022331486/The object of this little book is to bring the reader nearer to the great masters in the realm of music, and make him or her acquainted with the man who worked, played, and suffered as do other men.
Though confining themselves to a simple style, the authors have tried to enter into the life of each composer, and, wherever possible, by means of earnest study of letters and other data which have come down to us, to copy that composer's tricks of speech, manner of writing, and various idiosyncracies. (Summary by Preface)
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Music
Keywords that describe the book: Mozart, Handel, Marie Antoinette, piano, orchestra, composition, violin, libretto, musicians, organist, vienna, weber, oratorio, singers, fugue, harpsichord, motets, musicians -- biography, musicians -- corespondence, musicians -- correspondence, musicians -- correspondence reminiscences etc., musicians -- england, musicians -- europe, musicians -- fiction, musicians -- germany, musicians -- great britain, musicians -- italy, musicians english, musicians french, musicians german, musicians italian, buononcini, der freischütz, palestrina, cantata, italian opera, giovanni pierluigi da palestrina, domenico scarlatti, johann sebastian bach, george frederick händel, ritter christoph willibald von gluck, wolfgang amadeus mozart, ludwig van beethoven, carl maria von weber, giacamo meyerbeer
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End of recording:"Section # of Letters from Great Musicians to Young People. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Letters from Great Musicians to Young People, by Alethea Crawford Cox. Section Title."
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