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markable skill and genius. They were
commanded to appear at the French
court at Versailles. From Paris to Lon
don, through Holland and Switzerland,
and, after two years, they returned
home to Salzburg.
Mozart was then years old. And
his father, that year, published for
him four sonatas for the piano and
violin, thus introducing the boy as a
composer at this remarkable age.
The next six years were full of
study for the boy. Some few compost
tons were published. His father de-
termined now to take him to Italy.
Italy proved one long series of delight
full experiences for the boy Fame and
glory abounded. In Milan he receiv-
ed an order for an opera, and accom-
plished his work very satisfactorily
at 10 years Of age!
In Rome the Pope, Clement XIV;
conferred upon him the order Of the
Golden Spur, very high compliment,
and thus the boy of IA wore the title
of Chevalier Mozart!
From one of his fathers letters we
learn that while in Rome Mozart heard
the famous "Miserere" by Allegri sung
in the Sistine chapel, and the render
ing made so deep an impression upon
the lad that on reaching home he
wrote down from memory every bar
of the muslc-a great work, which
musicians were forbidden to copy any
part of.
At 16 the city Of Munich gave the
young composer an order to write an
opera, and the work was a great sue.
cess. The archbishop of Salzburg en-
ployed him now as concert master.
The salary was small and the arch.
bishop not only eXacting but jealous
of the young mans success. So those
| years under Jerome, the archbishop,
were hard ones.
When Mozart was 20 he and his
mother went to Paris Che having left
the service of the archbishop, where
| Frau Mozart was taken i'll suddenly
| and died Paris now seemed so hor.
rible to the young man that he left
the city and returned to Munich,
/ where he wrote his opera "Idomeneo,"
which met with great success.
At &c Mozart married Constance
Weber, and, like the people in the
story books, they lived happily ever
after until the too soon ending Of the
life of this wonderful man.
The writing of the Marriage OF
Figaro" and Don Giovanni" followed
his marriage, and in these operas we
find the strongest music Mozart had
written up to this time. The operas at
once made marvellous success, and
gained at a jump a place in the world
that they have always kept. The EN-
peror at this time appointed Mozart
court composer. Then came the Magic
Flute" wherein Mozart is at his best
His wife, joining him in Vienna. was
much shocked at Mozart's weakness
He was working hard upon his RE
quiem"; he had withdrawn from all
pleasures and wrote, wrote, wrote I'M
til it seemed his young life was being
woven into the music. He grew stead
lily weaker, and on the 9Th of Deem
Der, 1871, the young man of but 35 laid
down his pen, giving careful directions
for the finishing of his mastery work
the Requiem"
Mozart left over 600 compositions
including operas, IS masses, 40 sym.
phories. His symphony in G minor is
one of which Schubert said: you can
hear the angels singing in it," He
wrote many quartets, and they are
!, among his greatest works, songs, So
natas and chamber music; and finally
worlds history Of music.