Child's Own Book of Great Musicians

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The Story of the Choir Boy who Became a Great Composer


It is quite worth while for you to look for this town and for the River Leytha in an

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The Story of the Boy Who Sang in the Streets


This house stands in the town of Eisenach in Germany. It looks very much the same to

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MOZART


Little as he was, he would often go to the harpsichord and try to pick out tunes wit

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The Story of a Little Boy who was Forced to Practice


The house in which he spent his boyhood is still standing. We see in the picture wha

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The Story of the Boy who Made Beautiful Melodies


Perhaps we may begin by learning that he was born in a little village in Poland not

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The Story of the Boy Who Wrote Beautiful Songs.


Once Schubert was seen by his boyhood friends busily writing a new song. So quick

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The Story of a Little Boy Who Practiced in an Attic


His name is George Frederick Handel. In Germany where Handel was born his name was G

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Giuseppe Verdi


The picture on this page is of the house wherein a great composer was born. Of cours

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The Story of the Boy Who Made Pictures in Music.


Some day you will be able to play a lot of pieces by Schumann that picture the pleas

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The Story of a Boy Who Became a Great Pianist and Teacher


Do you remember that once upon a time Joseph Haydn lived as court musician in the E

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