The World's Great Men of Music

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Harriette Brower. The World's Great Men of Music

The World's Great Men of Music

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FOREWORD

IV. CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK

V. JOSEF HAYDN

VI. WOLFGANG MOZART

VII. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

VIII. CARL MARIA VON WEBER

IX. FRANZ SCHUBERT

X. FELIX MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY

XI. ROBERT SCHUMANN

XII. FREDERIC CHOPIN

XIII. HECTOR BERLIOZ

XIV. FRANZ LISZT

XV. GIUSEPPE VERDI

XVI. RICHARD WAGNER

XVII. CÉSAR FRANCK

XVIII. JOHANNES BRAHMS

XIX. EDWARD GRIEG

XX. PETER ILYITCH TSCHAIKOWSKY

XXI. EDWARD MACDOWELL

XXII. CLAUDE ACHILLE DEBUSSY

XXIII. ARTURO TOSCANINI

XXIV. LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI

XXV. SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY

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Harriette Brower

Story-Lives of Master Musicians

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And this was the Father's birthday, about the most important of all the family celebrations. Already the roast on the spit was nearing perfection, while in the oven a fine cake was browning.

When all was ready and Leopold Mozart had received the good wishes of the little household, baby Wolfgang was mounted on a footstool to recite a poem, in honor of the occasion. When he had finished it he stood quietly a moment then reaching out his tiny arms, clasped them tightly about his father's neck, and said:

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