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Little Masterpieces of Autobiography - Artists and Composers - George Iles
from Little Masterpieces of Autobiography - Artists and Composers · host George Iles
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
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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
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