Mozart's Youth: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Mozart's Youth by Franz Hoffmann: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 9 original MP3 tracks, 2:20:22 running time and a link to listen.
Mozart's Youth, credited to Franz Hoffmann, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of Mozart's Youth by Franz Hoffmann. (Translated by George Putnam Upton.) Read in English by Larry Wilson; Ryan Lohner; JoannaH; James R. Hedrick This short account of the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is part of the “Life Stories for Young People” series. It is written in an engaging dialogue format beginning with the young Mozart’s first notes on the piano keyboard at age three to his admission to membership in the Accademia Filarmonica at Bologna, Italy, ten years later. This child prodigy astounded the musical world of Europe to become one of the most cherished of all classical composers. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Recording facts
- Recording title: Mozart's Youth
- Author credits: Franz Hoffmann
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 9
- Listed recording duration: 2:20:22
Catalogue topics
- music
- composers
- classical music
- wolfgang amadeus music
- classical music biography
- life stories for young people
- prodigy
- accademia filarmonica at bologna
Track guide
- 00 - Preface — 2:37
- 01 - The Wonder Child — 8:15
- 02 - The Little Virtuoso — 18:54
- 03 - In the Wide World — 18:43
- 04 - At the Imperial Court — 26:57
- 05 - The Second Violin — 19:51
- 06 - In Paris — 26:33
- 07 - The Cavalier of Music — 16:06
- 08 - Appendix — 2:26
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