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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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface
02:41 - Chapter 2
Jean François Millet
26:22 - Chapter 3
Jules Breton
44:19 - Chapter 4
William Wetmore Story
52:39 - Chapter 5
James Nasmyth
05:31 - Chapter 6
William J. Stillman
05:23 - Chapter 7
Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn
26:08 - Chapter 8
Wilhelm Richard Wagner
38:28 - Chapter 9
Franz Liszt
14:35 - Chapter 10
Charles François Gounod
21:22 - Chapter 11
Edvard Grieg
41:04 - Chapter 12
Joseph Haydn
06:18