Music
The Pianoforte Sonata
Read by Jordan Watts
John South Shedlock
John S. Shedlock covers the history of what might now be called the keyboard sonata, from Kuhnau's Sonata in B flat from 1695, believed at t…
Hour of Charm
Hour of Charm is a captivating WW2-era radio show featuring an all-girl orchestra and chorus. This unique program showcases a variety of son…
October
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Florence Earle Coates
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of October by Florence Earle Coates. This was the Weekly Poetry project for October 9, 2011.Mrs.…
The Symphony Since Beethoven
Read by realisticspeakers
Felix Weingartner and Felix Weingartner
This 1904 book by composer, conductor and pianist Felix Weingartner examines the development of the symphony as a musical form since one of …
Piano Tuning
Read by James R. Hedrick
Jerry Cree Fischer
This is a primer for anyone wishing to learn how to tune and maintain their own piano or to become a piano tuner. Written in 1907, it was ta…
Mozart's Youth
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Franz Hoffmann and Franz Hoffmann
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 …
AFRS-V-Disc-8
The Army was the original source of the V-Disc records, with their first being issued in October of 1943. The Army's V-Disc project provided…
CBS Radio At Fifty
Read by Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite hosts this 3 hour retrospective on the history of CBS Radio from its beginnings up through to the date of this broadcast. Th…
Christmas Carol Collection
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
This year's LibriVox selection of traditional favourites and lesser-known Christmas carols in English, French, German and Latin, including a…
The Book of Musical Knowledge
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Arthur Elson
This book has been planned with a view to placing before the general reader the main facts that will enable him to appreciate music intellig…
Christmas Carol Collection
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
LibriVox volunteers bring you a festive selection of 22 Christmas carols for the 2017 holiday. This year's collection includes traditional f…
Christmas Carol Collection
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
This year's selection includes traditional favourites and lesser-known Christmas carols in English and French. (Summary by Ruth Golding)Berg…
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Read by mkirkpat
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Grace Jane Wallace
This volume, the first volume of a two-volume set, contains 140 letters written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart from 1769-1781. It has been trans…
Music
Read by Martha H. Weller
Ursula Creighton
"So many books are written for beginners on the appreciation of music that I can be thankful that advancing age makes it unnecessary fo…
Thirty Minutes In Hollywood
Unknown
Hosted by George Jessel. Seven-year old Josephine Starr sings an aria. Jessel introduces "fifteen-year-old" Judy Garla…
The Big Show
In this festive episode of The Big Show, Bob Hope attempts to persuade Tallulah Bankhead to join him on stage. The talented Meredith Wilson …
The Seven Lively Arts
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Gilbert Seldes
“... But, beside those great men, there is a certain number of artists who have a distinct faculty of their own by which they convey to us a…
Handel
Read by mkirkpat
Romain Rolland
As Romain Rolland indicates in the preface, this book is a brief sketch of the life and technique of Handel. He provides biographical backgr…
Out Of The Shadows
Read by Richard Hawley
Derek Brown
Out of The Shadows is a celebration of The Shadows, arguably one of the most influential British groups of all time. As George Harrison pith…
Anecdotes of Great Musicians
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Willey Francis Gates
Three hundred anecdotes and biographical sketches of famous composers and performers.I have attempted to cull from the mass of material that…