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CHILD'S OWN BOOK
of Great Musicians
MOZART [Illustration]
By
THOMAS TAPPER
THEODORE PRESSER CO.
1712 CHESTNUT STREET
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MOZART
The Story of
A Little Boy and His Sister
Who Gave Concerts
This Book was made by
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Philadelphia
Theodore Presser Co.
1712 Chestnut Str.
COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY THEODORE PRESSER CO.
Printed in U. S. A.
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MOZART
The composer whom we call WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART was called Wolferl
when he was a little boy.
He had a sister, MARIA ANNA, who was called NANNERL.
Nannerl was five years older than her brother. She had lessons from her
father on a kind of piano called a harpsichord.
Here is a picture of one.
[Illustration: MOZART'S HARPSICHORD.]
When Wolferl was three years old he used to listen to Nannerl's playing.
He always watched and listened when Papa Mozart gave her a harpsichord
lesson.
Little as he was, he would often go to the harpsichord and try to pick
out tunes with his chubby fingers. His father noticed that Wolferl could
remember quite a little of the music that Nannerl was practising.
And here is a picture of Wolferl trying to reach the keys so as to play
the melody of his sister's lesson.
[Illustration: THE INFANT MOZART AT THE PIANO.]
When Wolferl was four years old he began to take lessons.
While he practised no one ever spoke to him because he was so serious
about it. If other children came to play with Nannerl he would make
music for their games and marching; playing in strict time all the
while.
Here is Nannerl's picture when she grew up to be a young lady.
[Illustration: MOZART'S SISTER.]
Father Mozart loved both of his children deeply and often played with
them. The violin was the instrument he liked best and little Mozart had
daily lessons in his home. Here we see him playing while his sister
sings.
[Illustration: A MOZART FAMILY TRIO.]
In this picture we see Papa Mozart, who was a very fine player on the
violin. Wolferl and Nannerl are playing the piano.
[Illustration: MOZART PLAYING WITH HIS FATHER AND SISTER.]
When Wolferl was nearly six his father took him and Nannerl on a concert
tour. Everybody wanted to hear them play and they gave many concerts.
Wolferl spent all his boyhood with his music. He went to many places to
play, even as far from Salzburg, in Austria (where he was born), as to
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