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Title:Mozart

Thestoryofalittleboyandhissisterwhogaveconcerts

Author:ThomasTapper

ReleaseDate:December5,2010[EBook#34582]

Language:English

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MOZARTTheStoryof

ALittleBoyandHisSisterWhoGaveConcerts

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BORN

DIED

MOZARTThe composer whom we call WOLFGANG

AMADEUSMOZARTwascalledWolferlwhenhewasalittleboy.

He had a sister, MARIA ANNA, who was calledNANNERL.

Nannerlwasfiveyearsolderthanherbrother.Shehadlessons from her father on a kind of piano called aharpsichord.

Hereisapictureofone.

MOZART'SHARPSICHORDMOZART'SHARPSICHORD

WhenWolferlwasthreeyearsoldheusedtolistentoNannerl'splaying.HealwayswatchedandlistenedwhenPapaMozartgaveheraharpsichordlesson.

Littleashewas,hewouldoftengototheharpsichordand try to pick out tunes with his chubby fingers. Hisfathernoticed thatWolferlcould rememberquitea littleofthemusicthatNannerlwaspractising.

And here is a picture ofWolferl trying to reach the

keyssoastoplaythemelodyofhissister'slesson.

THEINFANTMOZARTATTHEPIANO.THEINFANTMOZARTATTHEPIANO.

When Wolferl was four years old he began to takelessons.

Whilehepractisednooneeverspoketohimbecausehewassoseriousaboutit.IfotherchildrencametoplaywithNannerlhewouldmakemusic for theirgamesandmarching;playinginstricttimeallthewhile.

Here is Nannerl's picture when she grew up to be ayounglady.

MOZART'SSISTER.MOZART'SSISTER.

FatherMozart loved both of his children deeply andoftenplayedwiththem.TheviolinwastheinstrumenthelikedbestandlittleMozarthaddailylessonsinhishome.Hereweseehimplayingwhilehissistersings.

AMOZARTFAMILYTRIO.AMOZARTFAMILYTRIO.

In this picturewe see PapaMozart,whowas a veryfineplayerontheviolin.WolferlandNannerlareplayingthepiano.

MOZARTPLAYINGWITHHISFATHERAND

SISTER.MOZARTPLAYINGWITHHISFATHERANDSISTER.

WhenWolferlwasnearlysixhisfather tookhimandNannerl on a concert tour. Everybody wanted to hearthemplayandtheygavemanyconcerts.

Wolferlspentallhisboyhoodwithhismusic.Hewentto many places to play, even as far from Salzburg, inAustria(wherehewasborn),astoParisandLondon.

Everywhere he went people were happy to see himandhissisterandtohearthemplay.Andthey,too,werehappytoplaybecausetheylovedthemusicsomuch.

When they reached Vienna they played for theEmperorandEmpress.

When Wolferl was presented to the Empress hejumpedupintoherlapandkissedher.

Wolferl was always busy composing music. But heplayedgamesandhadagoodtimejustlikeanyotherboy.Whenhewasbusywithhismusic,however,heneverlethisthoughtsgotoanythingelse.

Butwemustnotgo toofast, forwewant toseehowWolferlisgrowingup.

Here is his picture when he was five years old andbesideitanotherwhenhewaseightyearsold.Doyousee

hiswigandsword?

MOZARTATFIVE.MOZARTATFIVE.

MOZARTATEIGHT.MOZARTATEIGHT.

EverybodyinPariswantedtohearWolferlplaywhentheyknewthathehadcome,sotheyaskedhimtoreadatsight;toplaythebassparttoamelodyandtoaccompanyasongwithoutseeingthemusic.

Peoplealsotookgreatdelightinaskinghimtoplayontheharpsichordwithaclothstretchedoverthekeyboardsothathecouldnotseethekeys.

They all went to London to play for the King. TheKingwanted toseeforhimselfhowskilful littleMozartwas,sohegavehimpiecesbyBachandHandeltoplayatsight.Mozartreadthemoffatonce.HereisafinepictureoftheMozartchildrenwhentheyplayedfortheKingandtheQueen.

MOZARTATTHECOURTOFTHEEMPEROR.MOZARTATTHECOURTOFTHEEMPEROR.

Itmusthavebeenveryfineforalittleboyofseventoplayforkingsandqueens.ButWolferlwasnotspoiledbyitall.Hewasjustahappyheartedboyallthetime.

Healwaysmade ita rule toputhismindonwhathewasdoinganddoittheverybestheknewhow.

It is just as good a rule now as itwaswhen hewasalive.

ItistimenowthatwelearnedthebirthdayofMozart.Ifwethinkofiteveryyearonthe27thofJanuary,itwillbeeasytorememberit.

Inwhatyearwasheborn?

Here is another picture ofMozart in 1766. How oldwashethen?(Beethovenwasbornfouryearsafterward.)

MOZARTIN1766.MOZARTIN1766.

Whenanyoneisalwaysbusyatonethinghesoongetsalotdone.AsWolferlgrewandkeptonwritingmusicallthe timehemadeagreatmanypieces.Somewereshortlikeasong,otherswerelonglikeanopera.Hewroteforthe piano, the violin and the voice. And he composedoperas, symphonies and ever so many other kinds ofmusic.

Mozart liked tobealonewhenhewasworkinguponhis compositions.Heused togo to a littlehouseon theedge of Vienna and lock himself in. The people of thecity of Salzburg, in Austria, took this house long after

Mozart'sdeathandmovedit toaparkwhereallmaygoto see it, just aswe inAmericago to see thehousesofWilliamPenn,LincolnandWashington.

WHEREMOZARTCOMPOSED.WHEREMOZARTCOMPOSED.

Canyou remember,without turningback, theyear inwhichMozartwasborn?

Some other great musicians were alive at that time.And during his lifetime some were born who becamegreatmen.

In the year whenMozart was born both Handel andHaydnwereliving.AndHaydnlivedeighteenyearsafterMozart'sdeath.

Youcanrememberitbytheselines:

Timeline

WhenMozartwas fourteenyears oldBeethovenwasborn.Mozart knew him and he knewPapaHaydn also,andtheywereverygoodfriends.

In our own country there lived in Mozart's lifetimeBenjamin Franklin and three Presidents of the UnitedStates—George Washington, John Adams and ThomasJefferson.

IwonderifWashingtoneverheardofMozart?

Perhapswecanbestkeepallthesenamestogetherbylookingatthispagenowandagain.

1706 BenjaminFranklinwasborn.1732 WashingtonandHaydnwereborn.1736 PatrickHenrywasborn.1743 ThomasJeffersonwasborn.1750 Bachdied.1756 WOLFGANGAMADEUSMOZARTwasborn.1759 Handeldied1770 Beethovenwasborn.1771 WalterScottwasborn.1790 Franklindied.1791 Mozartdied.1809 JosephHaydndied.

Isn'titfinetothinkofMozartwritingsomuchmusic,so many operas, symphonies and sonatas; traveling somuch,meeting somanypeople andneverbeing spoiledbyitall.

Whilehewrotemanyverygreatpiecesofmusic,hereis something he composedwhen hewas five years old.Hemadeupthepiecesat thepianoandhisfatherwrotethemdownnotefornoteinalittlecopybook.

Listen

FACTSABOUTMOZART.ReadthesefactsaboutWolfgangAmadeusMozartand

trytowritehisstoryoutofthem,usingyourownwords.When your story is finished, ask your mother or yourteacher to read it. When you have made it, copy it onpages14,15and16.

1.Fullname:WolfgangAmadeusMozart.

2.BornJan.27,1756;diedDec.5,1791.

3.Thesister'snamewasMariaAnna.

4.MariaAnnawasfiveyearsolderthanWolfgang.

5. The pet names of the children were Wolferl andNannerl.

6.LittleMozartlovedtohearhissisterplay.

7.Hestartedtostudywhenhewasfour.

8.Mozartwentonaconcerttourwithhissisterwhenhewassixyearsold.

9.Whenhewas a child hevisitedmanygreat cities,amongthemParis,LondonandVienna.

10.HandelandHaydnwere livingwhenMozartwasborn.

11. Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, PatrickHenry,ThomasJeffersonandWalterScottwereallaliveduringthetimeofMozart.

12.Mozartwasfiveyearsoldwhenhewrotehisfirstpiece.

SOMEQUESTIONS.1.InwhatcountrywasMozartborn?

2.InwhatcitywasMozartborn?

3.WheredidMozartplaybeforetheEmperorandtheEmpress?

4.DidMozartplaygamesandhaveagood time likeotherboys?

5. Why did people ask Mozart to play upon theharpsichordwithaclothstretchedoverthekeys?

6.Whose compositions did theKing of England askMozarttoplay?

7.WhatgreatAmericanpatriotwasborn in thesameyearasHaydn?

8.Whichlivedthelongerlife,HaydnorMozart?

9.HaveyoueverheardapiecebyMozart?

10.WasMozartspoiledbymeetingmanypeople?

THESTORYOFMOZARTWrittenby...................................

On(date)....................................

Write a short story about Mozart and his sister andcopyitonthesepages.

THEBOYMOZARTPLAYING.THEBOYMOZARTPLAYING.

Transcriber'sNotes:

Onpage3,Mozart'ssister'snamewaschangedto"MARIA".

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