More Famous Composers, Darren Henley
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More Famous Composers

Author: Darren Henley

Narrator: Marin Alsop

Unabridged: 3 hr 0 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Naxos

Published: 03/06/2007

Genre: Children & Young Adults Nonfiction - Biography & Autobiography - Music

Synopsis

The first volume of Famous Composers written by Darren Henley and read by Marin Alsop, the American conductor, won a prestigious Audie in the US. Here, Henley and the Naxos AudioBooks team bring the combination of an entertaining but informative ‘life’ and numerous musical selections to a further set of six composers.

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