Project Gutenberg 2014-07-17 Public domain in the USA. 99 Crowest, Frederick James 1850 1927 03017444 Verdi: Man and Musician His Biography with Especial Reference to His English Experiences E-text prepared by David Tipple and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (https://archive.org/details/americana) "Verdi: Man and Musician" by Frederick James Crowest is a biographical account written in the late 19th century. The book examines the life and career of the illustrious Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, with a particular focus on his experiences in England and his significant impact on the world of music. It portrays Verdi not just as a prolific composer, but also as a person shaped by his early life and the circumstances surrounding his works. The opening of the book introduces readers to Verdi's origins, detailing his birth in Roncole, Italy, and the humble beginnings of his family, who ran an inn. Crowest provides insight into Verdi's childhood, highlighting crucial moments that sparked his interest in music, such as his enchantment with street organ players and the music at church. It emphasizes that Verdi was not a prodigy but rather a quietly thoughtful child who developed his musical talents through a natural, passionate dedication rather than through forced instruction. This early foundation in a music-poor environment raises questions about how someone from such modest beginnings could eventually transform into one of the greatest composers in opera history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46316/46316-h/images/cleantitlepage.jpg en Composers -- Italy -- Biography Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 ML Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Music 541705 541460 2024-09-19T10:46:32.297733 2023-09-20T06:59:56.926495 text/html text/html 530963 2014-07-17T16:41:50 text/html 674862 2014-07-17T16:58:30 text/html application/zip 732250 2024-09-19T10:46:45.896697 application/epub+zip 738846 2024-09-19T10:46:35.590718 application/epub+zip 241248 2024-09-19T10:46:34.010711 application/epub+zip 915676 2024-09-19T10:46:53.277636 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 839590 2024-09-19T10:46:43.898684 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343239 2022-09-21T05:28:52.893979 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 416896 2024-09-19T10:46:30.414742 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 416432 2020-06-15T20:07:07 text/plain; charset=utf-8 158638 2020-06-15T20:07:07 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 416097 2014-07-17T16:35:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 158417 2014-07-17T16:35:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 416184 2014-07-17T16:35:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 158156 2014-07-17T16:35:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21488 2024-09-19T10:46:53.432622 application/rdf+xml 11001 2024-09-19T10:46:34.319717 image/jpeg 2157 2024-09-19T10:46:34.224748 image/jpeg 678240 2024-09-19T10:46:32.396755 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog