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One of the most ancient legends handed down to us by the early Church is that of St. Cecilia, the patroness of music and musicians. She is known to have been honoured by Christians as far back as the third century, in which she is supposed to have lived. Doubtless much of fancy has been added, in all the ensuing years, to the facts of Cecilia's life and death. Let us, however, take the legend as it stands. It says that St. Cecilia was a noble Roman lady, who lived in the reign of the Emperor Alexander Severus. Her parents, who secretly professed Christianity, brought. | the Great Masters of Music by Walter Rowlands 1 the Great Masters of Music by Walter Rowlands Project Gutenberg s Among the Great Masters of Music by Walter Rowlands This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Among the Great Masters of Music Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians Author Walter Rowlands Release Date April 13 2007 EBook 21056 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AMONG THE GREAT MASTERS OF MUSIC Produced by Al Haines Frontispiece The Tone Masters. Haydn Mozart Handel Beethoven. From painting by Hans Temple. Among the Great Masters of Music the Great Masters of Music by Walter Rowlands Scenes in the Lives of Famous Musicians 2 Thirty-two Reproductions of Famous Paintings with Text by Walter Rowlands London E. Grant Richards 1906 TO Miss Jane Rowlands CONTENTS. ST. CECILIA PALESTRINA LULLI STRADIVARIUS TARTINI BACH HANDEL GLUCK MOZART LINLEY HAYDN WEBER BEETHOVEN SCHUBERT ROUGET DE LISLE PAGANINI MENDELSSOHN CHOPIN MEYERBEER WAGNER LISZT LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. THE TONE MASTERS . Frontispiece ST. CECILIA PALESTRINA THE YOUNG LULLI STRADIVARIUS TARTINI S DREAM bAcH S preludes morning devotions in the family OF BACH FREDERICK THE GREAT AND BACH THE CHILD HANDEL HANDEL AND GEORGE I. GLUCK AT THE TRIANON MOZART AND HIS SISTER BEFORE MARIA THERESA MOZART AND MADAME DE POMPADOUR MOZART AT THE ORGAN THE LAST DAYS OF MOZART SHERIDAN AT THE LINLEYS HAYDN CROSSING THE ENGLISH CHANNEL THE LAST THOUGHTS OF VON WEBER BEETHOVEN AT BONN BEETHOVEN IN HIS STUDY A SYMPHONY BY BEETHOVEN BEETHOVEN S DREAM SCHUBERT AT THE PIANO ROUGET DE LISLE SINGING THE MARSEILLAISE PAGANINI IN PRISON SONG WITHOUT WORDS CHOPIN AT PRINCE RADZIWILL S THE DEATH OF CHOPIN MEYERBEER WAGNER AT HOME A MORNING WITH LISZT PREFACE. The .