Project Gutenberg 2004-08-25 Public domain in the USA. 424 Brower, Harriette 1869 1928 The World's Great Men of Music: Story-Lives of Master Musicians Palestrina -- John Sebastian Bach -- George Frederick Handel -- Christoph Willibald Gluck -- Josef Haydn -- Wolfgang Mozart -- Ludwig van Beethoven -- Carl Maria von Weber -- Franz Schubert -- Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy -- Robert Schumann -- Frederic Chopin -- Hector Berlioz -- Franz Liszt -- Giuseppe Verdi -- Richard Wagner -- César Franck -- Johannes Brahms -- Edward Grieg -- Peter Ilyitch Tschaikowsky -- Edward MacDowell -- Claude Achille Debussy -- Arturo Toscanini -- Leopold Stokowsky -- Serge Koussevitzky. Produced by Ronald Holder and PG Distributed Proofreaders "The World's Great Men of Music: Story-Lives of Master Musicians" by Harriette Brower is a collection of biographical sketches focusing on some of the most influential composers in music history, likely written in the early 20th century. This enlightening work highlights the lives of composers ranging from Palestrina and Bach to Mozart and more modern figures, aiming to inspire both young and established musicians with the trials and triumphs these masters faced throughout their careers. At the start of the volume, Brower introduces the life of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, exploring his upbringing in a small Italian town and his remarkable journey to becoming one of the most revered figures in sacred music. The narrative details Palestrina's humble beginnings, the support from his family for his musical education, and his ascension to prominent roles in the musical landscape of Rome. As the opening describes his life's challenges and successes, it sets the stage for the book's overarching theme of resilience and devotion to the art of music, which echoes throughout the following chapters dedicated to other legendary musicians like Bach and Mozart. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 69.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Musicians Composers -- Biography ML Text Music Category: Biographies Category: Music 557378 2025-08-06T04:49:33.468476 text/html 539894 2024-10-28T20:16:33 text/html 518273 2025-08-06T04:49:42.313446 application/epub+zip 527268 2025-08-06T04:49:37.008766 application/epub+zip 292282 2025-08-06T04:49:35.741458 application/epub+zip 852181 2025-08-06T04:49:46.441441 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 827905 2025-08-06T04:49:41.487451 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 449576 2022-09-07T01:24:35.190326 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 536231 2025-08-06T04:49:32.502491 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 516297 2024-10-28T20:16:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16817 2025-08-06T04:49:48.110420 application/rdf+xml 25464 2025-08-06T04:49:36.239461 image/jpeg 4829 2025-08-06T04:49:35.989440 image/jpeg 511763 2025-08-06T04:49:33.523603 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog