The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-09-23

art died. She might have been happier
had she married the young musician.
The great Goethe, who saw the children
at about this time at Frankfort, wrote
; | long afterward:
II myself was about fourteen, but
recoiiect the little man in his wig ana
sword quite distinctly"
This was on the occasion OF Iale.
| Journey somewhat longer than the hrst
| two. during which the whole fahlt
want as far as Paris and London. ana
| stayed away from SaiZburg more tha"
| three years In Paris the famous Grimm
arranged private concerts for young MOI Mo-
art, and gave the family an introduc,llcoin
10 the court. On New Years day, l'o4,
the Nozarts dlned with the klnS anu
| Queen, that IS, they stood near the royai
| table, for no one thought OF sitting Wheh
| In the presence OF royalty WoifSan5
| place was near the Queen, and she gave
! him various dainties with her own hahd'
| England even outdid France In Kindness
| TO the Mozarts. KING George III was
| especially fond OF organ music, ana ne
placed before WoifganS pieces by Bach,
Handel and others, which he played at
sight. to the great delight of the KING.
the little boy also played an ACCOMPANY
ment 10 an ARA which the queen sang. |
People in England Hooked TO the Mozart |
concerts, and only few were skeDticai /
about his great talent.
On their way back 10 SaZburg the |
Mozarts passed through Holland ana Bet t
GUM In Amsterdam. although 1t was |
Lent, the Strengthened magistrate per-
this publishing abroad OF the marvellous
God" ''0 0'''
At last when they we're home again
In SalZburg, their father made the chill
dren go on regularly with their pracuc-
Ing and study.
In spite of all the honors heaped on
him, Wolfgang was still a little boy, de-
lighted to play with his favorite cat, TO
ride around the room on his fathers
stick, He talked about an Imaginary
habited only by children. of which he
He was little paler, perhaps. than
most children, and little more graver
ne made other musical tours, sometimes
TO Vienna, and in l779 to Italy. At
Naples people who heard him were SO
excited that they said there must be
magic in the ring that he wore and lie |
could satisfy them only by taking il on
ana when the Pope first heard him he
was so pleased that he conferred on him
the cross and brevet OF the Knight OF
the Golden Militia. At Rome on Passion
W eGnesIaS Wp.fgang heard the Miserere, | {
when all musicians were forbidden to |
COPY on pam OF communication. But ! {
although he wrote IL out wholly from /
memory; every one regarded this feat as a
him. Z
with his mother as companion and
ldylsee be set out for Vienna TO seek his +
fortune. Here we NAV leave him Tor | v
his boyhood was over Al twenty-one he
could hold his own with the greatest -
master whether he performed on the
taFitf' organ or violin, and his comDO- ! 90
Iuons were acknowledged to be works l
d the highest genius. To his great sor- h
20" MS mother died when he had been in | Il
ienha but short time. but his father | D
itlll remained at Salzburg. ?,
Though he had many friends and was | b
by the court. he was rather n
IooT Tor the rest Of his life He and the | q
VIE whom he married in 1882 were per | n
APPS not good maragers. He never lost | a
ne Industrious habits OF his youth, but m
omposed regularly every morning from | g.
or until 10, ami he liked to play from .,
III the evening until midnight In
~ ne died at Vienna from malignant -,
ever, His wife and his sister@then ~
married. survived him -
oymphonleS, oratOries songs dances | 4,
no nine operas 10 Italian WorCs. three -
herman words, are among the works -,
~ Dy the great composer n
II - worth remembering that great IN
louSn MoZarts genius was, he never H.
uouSht 1t beneath him, when a bow n,
work ana study just as less talented | IA
cope must work.-helen Lear KeeI | m
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