Excerpt from The Great Composers, or Stories of the Lives of Eminent Musicians The personal life of some great men, apart from the books they wrote, the machine

Excerpt from Story-Lives of Master Musicians The preparation of this volume began with a period of delightful research work in a great musical library. As a hon

Excerpt from Stories of Great Musicians That the purpose1 of the public schools is the training of children for a higher citizenship, a more extensive helpfulne

Excerpt from The Private Life of the Great Composers For the Lists of Works which are appended to each Life I have to express my obligation to Mr. James D. Brow