Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians, credited to Elbert Hubbard, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians by Elbert Hubbard. Read in English by Librivox volunteers. Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings may have influenced them. These short essays are part biography and part pontification of Hubbard's opinion of the subject and their oeuvre. In this volume he reflects on the lives of great musicians. Included are Richard Wagner, Paganini, Frederic Chopin, Robert Schumann, Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelsohn, Franz Liszt, Ludwig van Beethoven, George Handel, Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Johannes Brahms. (Summary by Lucy Perry and Ava.) This is Volume 14 in a series of 14 books.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians
• Author credits: Elbert Hubbard
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 24
• Listed recording duration: 7:55:08

Catalogue topics

• biography
• music
• musician
• classical music
• composer

Track guide

1. 01 - Richard Wagner, Part 1 — 37:07
2. 02 - Richard Wagner, Part 2 — 41:07
3. 03 - Paganini, Part 1 — 25:14
4. 04 - Paganini, Part 2 — 10:50
5. 05 - Frederic Chopin, Part 1 — 21:45
6. 06 - Frederic Chopin, Part 2 — 19:40
7. 07 - Robert Schumann, Part 1 — 18:14
8. 08 - Robert Schumann, Part 2 — 15:21
9. 09 - Sebastian Bach, Part 1 — 18:30
10. 10 - Sebastian Bach, Part 2 — 12:24
11. 11 - Felix Mendelssohn, Part 1 — 14:53
12. 12 - Felix Mendelssohn, Part 2 — 18:02
13. 13 - Franz Liszt, Part 1 — 22:02
14. 14 - Franz Liszt, Part 2 — 34:52
15. 15 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Part 1 — 16:29
16. 16 - Ludwig van Beethoven, Part 2 — 21:13
17. 17 - George Handel, Part 1 — 12:34
18. 18 - George Handel, Part 2 — 15:38
19. 19 - Giuseppe Verdi, Part 1 — 16:11
20. 20 - Giuseppe Verdi, Part 2 — 11:03
21. 21 - Wolfgang Mozart, Part 1 — 15:52
22. 22 - Wolfgang Mozart, Part 2 — 19:42
23. 23 - Johannes Brahms, Part 1 — 17:29
24. 24 - Johannes Brahms, Part 2 — 18:57

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