Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . n the autumn of 1762, accordingly, the whole family proceeded toVienna. Here the boy played before the emperor Francis I., when his per-formance excited the utmost astonishment among some of the first proficientsin the art. It was with reluctance, indeed, that he would consent to play ex-cept to those whom he believed to be judges of
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . n the autumn of 1762, accordingly, the whole family proceeded toVienna. Here the boy played before the emperor Francis I., when his per-formance excited the utmost astonishment among some of the first proficientsin the art. It was with reluctance, indeed, that he would consent to play ex-cept to those whom he believed to be judges of music. When he first sat downto his instrument, with the emperor by his side, Is not M, Wagenseil here ?he said, addressing himself to his majesty ; we must send for him—he under-stands the That composer was accordingly brought forward to occupythe place of the emperor; upon which the young performer remarked, Sir, 1am going to play one of your concertos, and you will turn the leaves for the family returned to Salzburg, Mozart brought with him a small vio-lin, which he learned to play with very little instruction. An able violin-player<of the same of Wenzl called one day on his father, to ask his opinion of six 27 WOLFGANG MO&AKT,. Fortrait of Mozart. wios he had just composed. They proceeded to try them, Wenzl himself pi if*ing the first violin, Mozarts father the bass, and a performer of the name ofSchachner the second violin. Young Mozart begged hard to be allowed toplay this last part, but his father angrily refused his request, naturally conceiv-ing it to be a childish whim. At last, however, on the good-humored interces-sion of Schachner, the child was allowed to play along with him on his littleviolin, and cautioned by his father to make little noise. In a few minutes,Schachner, nodding to his companions, quietly laid down his instrument, andMozart went on alone, playing his part with the utmost accuracy and steadi-ness, to the admiration and astonis
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