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Title: Story-Lives of Great Musicians

Author: Francis Jameson Rowbotham

Release Date: November 10, 2006 [EBook #19748]

Language: English

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[Illustration: BEETHOVEN.
_Frontispiece._
From photo RISCHGITZ.]

STORY-LIVES

OF

GREAT MUSICIANS

BY
FRANCIS JAMESON ROWBOTHAM
AUTHOR OF
'STORY-LIVES OF GREAT AUTHORS,' 'TALES FROM PLUTARCH,' ETC.

_ILLUSTRATED_

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
_PUBLISHERS_

TO
THE MEMORY OF
FREDERICK WESTLAKE, R.A.M.

PREFACE