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Olive Brown Horne. Stories of Great Musicians
Stories of Great Musicians
Table of Contents
PREFACE
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
VOCABULARY
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Kathrine Lois Scobey, Olive Brown Horne
Published by Good Press, 2021
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All this happened before the visit to the duke's castle. When he returned, his father kept the promise made to the duke by choosing a teacher for the boy. George Frederick and his teacher soon became the best of friends. The lad worked hard, and at the end of three years could play the organ, violin, and harpsichord.
Young Handel's teacher was a church organist. When he went away, he often allowed the boy to take his place. The boy improved so rapidly that at length his master declared he could teach him no more.
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