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    1. Wolfgang Mozart showed remarkable musical talent from a very young age, taking interest in his sister's clavier playing at age 3 and composing his first work by age 5. 2. Mozart and his sister embarked on concert tours of European courts arranged by their father, impressing audiences with their skills. 3. After wowing audiences in Linz and Vienna with his performances as a six-year-old, Mozart's fame spread and his father received many invitations for lucrative concerts, though the grueling schedule was exhausting for a young child.

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    1. Wolfgang Mozart showed remarkable musical talent from a very young age, taking interest in his sister's clavier playing at age 3 and composing his first work by age 5. 2. Mozart and his sister embarked on concert tours of European courts arranged by their father, impressing audiences with their skills. 3. After wowing audiences in Linz and Vienna with his performances as a six-year-old, Mozart's fame spread and his father received many invitations for lucrative concerts, though the grueling schedule was exhausting for a young child.

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    1. Wolfgang Mozart showed remarkable musical talent from a very young age, taking interest in his sister's clavier playing at age 3 and composing his first work by age 5. 2. Mozart and his sister embarked on concert tours of European courts arranged by their father, impressing audiences with their skills. 3. After wowing audiences in Linz and Vienna with his performances as a six-year-old, Mozart's fame spread and his father received many invitations for lucrative concerts, though the grueling schedule was exhausting for a young child.

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    1. Wolfgang Mozart showed remarkable musical talent from a very young age, taking interest in his sister's clavier playing at age 3 and composing his first work by age 5. 2. Mozart and his sister embarked on concert tours of European courts arranged by their father, impressing audiences with their skills. 3. After wowing audiences in Linz and Vienna with his performances as a six-year-old, Mozart's fame spread and his father received many invitations for lucrative concerts, though the grueling schedule was exhausting for a young child.

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    The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s remarkable musical talent was apparent even

    before most children can sing a simple nursery rhyme. Wolfgang’s older sister Maria Anna (who the
    family called Nannerl) was learning the clavier, an early keyboard instrument, when her three-year-old
    brother took an interest in playing. As Nannerl later recalled, Wolfgang “often spent much time at the
    clavier picking out thirds, which he was always striking, and his pleasure showed that it sounded good.”
    Their father Leopold, an assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg Court, recognized his children’s unique
    gifts and soon devoted himself to their musical education.

    Born in Salzburg, Austria, on January 27, 1756, Wolfgang had composed his first original work by
    age five. Leopold planned to take Nannerl and Wolfgang on tour to play before the European courts.
    Their first venture was to nearby Munich where the children played for Maximillian III Joseph, elector of
    Bavaria. Leopold soon set his sights on the capital of the Hapsburg Empire, Vienna. On their way to
    Vienna, the family stopped in Linz, where Wolfgang gave his first public concert. By this time, Wolfgang
    was not only a virtuoso harpsichord player, but he had also mastered the violin. The audience at Linz
    was stunned by the six-year-old, and word of his genius soon traveled to Vienna. In a much anticipated
    concert, the Mozart children appeared at the Schonbrunn Palace on October 13, 1762. They utterly
    charmed the emperor and empress.

    Following this success, Leopold was inundated with invitations for the children to play, for a fee.
    Leopold seized the opportunity and booked as many concerts as possible at courts throughout Europe. A
    concert could last three hours, and the children played at least two per a day. Today, Leopold might be
    considered the worst kind of stage parent, but at the time, it was not uncommon for prodigies to make
    extensive concert tours. Even so, it was an exhausting schedule for a child who was just past the age of
    needing an afternoon nap.

    1. A good title for this passage would be


    a. Classical Music in the Eighteenth Century: An Overview.
    b. Stage Parents: A Historical Perspective.
    c. Mozart: The Early Life of a Musical Prodigy.
    d. Mozart: The Short Career of a Musical Genius.

    2. According to the passage, Wolfgang became interested in music because


    a. his father thought it would be profitable.
    b. he had a natural talent.
    c. he saw his sister learning to play an instrument.
    d. he came from a musical family.

    3. What was the consequence of Wolfgang’s first public appearance?


    a. He charmed the emperor and empress of Hapsburg.
    b. Word of Wolfgang’s genius spread to the capital.
    c. Leopold set his sights on Vienna.
    d. Invitations for the miracle children to play poured in.
    4. Each of the following statements about Wolfgang Mozart is directly supported by the passage
    except
    a. Mozart’s father, Leopold, was instrumental in shaping his career.
    b. Maria Anna was a talented musician in her own right.
    c. Wolfgang’s childhood was devoted to his musical career.
    d. Wolfgang preferred the violin to other instruments.

    5. According to the passage, during Wolfgang’s early years, child prodigies were
    a. few and far between.
    b. accustomed to extensive concert tours.
    c. expected to spend at least six hours per a day practicing their music.
    d. expected to play for courts throughout Europe.

    6. Based on information found in the passage, Mozart can best be described as


    a. a child prodigy.
    b. a workaholic.
    c. the greatest composer of the eighteenth century.
    d. a victim of his father’s ambition.

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