Stories of Great Composers for Children: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Stories of Great Composers for Children, credited to Thomas Tapper, 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 Stories of Great Composers for Children, by Thomas Tapper. Read by Kara Shallenberg. This is a collection of ten short, entertaining, informative picture-book biographies of famous composers. Each book tells about the childhood and great achievements of a composer, and includes a short musical example. Here are links to the online texts so you can read along and look at the pictures: Bach: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34568 Mozart: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34582 Beethoven: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34737 Haydn: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34550 Schubert: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35070 Handel: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35157 Chopin: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35013 Verdi: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35158 Wagner: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35128 Grieg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35097 (Summary by Kara)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Stories of Great Composers for Children
• Author credits: Thomas Tapper
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 10
• Listed recording duration: 2:15:38

Catalogue topics

• Biography
• Children
• Fiction
• Music
• Teen/Young adult
• Bach
• Mozart
• Beethoven

Track guide

1. 01 Johann Sebastian Bach: The Story of the Boy who Sang in the Streets — 9:50
2. 02 Mozart: The Story of a Little Boy and his Sister who Gave Concerts — 12:40
3. 03 Beethoven: The Story of a Little Boy who was Forced to Practice — 14:37
4. 04 Franz Joseph Haydn: The Story of the Choir Boy who Became a Great Composer — 15:00
5. 05 Franz Schubert: The Story of the Boy Who Wrote Beautiful Songs — 12:16
6. 06 Handel: The Story of a Little Boy Who Practiced in an Attic — 14:46
7. 07 Frederic Francois Chopin: The Story of the Boy Who Made Beautiful Melodies — 15:26
8. 08 Verdi: The Story of the Little Boy Who Loved the Hand Organ — 13:38
9. 09 Richard Wagner: The Story of the Boy Who Wrote Little Plays — 13:43
10. 10 Edvard Grieg: The Story of the Boy Who Made Music in the Land of the Midnight Sun — 13:47

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