Libraries of Hope / Well-Educated Heart

Stories of Great Musicians

Gallery of Great Composers 
by Edward Rimbault (1876)
Great Composers and Their Work 
by Louis Elson (1898)
For older student; follows development of music rather than chronological lives
Letters from Great Musicians to Young People 
by Alethea Cox and Anna Chapin (1906)
Story-Lives of Great Musicans 
by Francis Rowbotham (1908)
The Great German Composers 
by George Ferris (1890)
The Great Composers 
by Hezekiah Butterworth (1894)
The Great Composers: Stories of the Lives of Eminent Musicians 
by C. E. Bourne (1887)
The World’s Great Men of Music 
by Harriette Brower (1922)
INDIVIDUAL BIOGRAPHIES
by Thomas Tapper (for very young children)
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Story of the Boy Who Sang in the Streets
Beethoven: The Story of a Little Boy Who Was Forced to Practice
Chopin:  The Story of the boy Who Made Beautiful Melodies
Edvard Grieg:  The Story of the Boy Who Made Music in the Land of the Midnight Sun
Handel:  The Story of a Little Boy Who Practice in the Attic
Franz Joseph Haydn:  The Story of the Choir Boy Who Became a Great Composer
Franz Lizst:  The Story of a Boy Who Became a Great Pianist and Teacher
Mozart:  The Story of a Little Boy and His Sister Who Gave Concerts
Franz Schubert:  The Story of the Boy Who Wrote Beautiful Songs
Robert Schumann:  The Story of the Boy Who Made Pictures in Music
Verdi:  The Story of the Little Boy who Loved the Hand Organ
Richard Wagner:The Story of the Boy who Wrote Little Plays