Thomas Tapper

“ Here is another picture of Mozart in 1766. How old was he then? (Beethoven was born four years afterward.)
MOZART IN 1766.
When anyone is always busy at one thing he soon gets a lot done. As Wolferl grew and kept on writing music all the time he made a great many pieces. Some were short like a song, others were long like an opera. He wrote for the piano, the violin and the voice. And he composed operas, symphonies and ever so many other kinds of music.
Mozart liked to be alone when he was working upon his compositions. ”

“ Isn't it fine to think of Mozart writing so much music, so many operas, symphonies and sonatas; traveling so much, meeting so many people and never being spoiled by it all.
[Pg 12] While he wrote many very great pieces of music, here is something he composed when he was five years old. ”

“ Wolferl and Nannerl are playing the piano.
MOZART PLAYING WITH HIS FATHER AND SISTER.
When Wolferl was nearly six his father took him and Nannerl on a concert tour. Everybody wanted to hear them play and they gave many concerts.
Wolferl spent all his boyhood with his music. He went to many places to play, even as far from Salzburg, in Austria (where he was born) , as to Paris and London.
Everywhere he went people were happy to see him and his sister and to hear them play. And they, too, were happy to play because they loved the music so much. ”