September 2010
Beginner
376 pages
12h 7m
English
Few would dispute that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a musical genius, an icon of the Classical period. What many might not realize is that most of Mozart’s success occurred in his early years as a child prodigy. His adulthood was plagued with financial difficulty, a lack of steady work, and even a measure of unpopularity with his music.1
Born to a musical family in Salzburg, Austria, Mozart showed great talent at an early age, playing piano proficiently by age three and composing by age five. By his early teens, Mozart was composing symphonies and operas with a maturity ...
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