Little Masterpieces of Autobiography - Artists and Composers

Author(s): George Iles

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography

Narrators: J. M. Smallheer, Czandra, TimothyFR, Larry Wilson, Lucy Kim, Jenno, Availle, Isaac Barrow, Beeswaxcandle

Number of Chapters: 12

Length: 04 hours and 44 minutes

Language: English

Artists and Composers is Volume 5 of Library of Little Masterpieces of Autobiography in Six Volumes published in 1913, and includes autobiographical writings of the following artists: Jean François Millet, Jules Breton, William Wegmore Story, James Nasmyth and William J. Stillman and composers: Felix Mendelssohn, Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt, Charles Gounod, Edvard Grieg and Joseph Haydn with brief editorial introductions.. Each chapter includes excerpts from letters, autobiographies, or diaries written by the specific artist or composer. (Note: Later revisions of the series in 1922 and 1926 have different contents and only include four volumes instead of six.) - Summary by J. M.Smallheer