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Harriette Brower. The World's Great Men of Music
The World's Great Men of Music
Table of Contents
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:
