Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Ernest Schaal, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net CHILD'S OWN BOOK _of Great Musicians_ MOZART [Illustration] _By_ THOMAS TAPPER THEODORE PRESSER CO. 1712 CHESTNUT STREET .PHILADELPHIA. [Illustration] Directions for Binding Enclosed in this envelope it the cord and the needle with which to bind this book. Start in from the outside as shown on the diagram here. Pass the needle and thread through the center of the book, leaving an end extend outside, then through to the outside, about 2 inches from the center; then from the outside to inside 2 inches from the center at the other end of the book, bringing the thread finally again through the center, and tie the two ends in a knot, one each side of the cord on the outside. THEO. PRESSER CO., Pub's., Phila., Pa. MOZART The Story of A Little Boy and His Sister Who Gave Concerts This Book was made by ................................................................ Philadelphia _Theodore Presser Co._ 1712 Chestnut Str. COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY THEODORE PRESSER CO. Printed in U. S. A. [Illustration] ................................................................ Born ................................................................ Died ................................................................ MOZART The composer whom we call WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART was called Wolferl when he was a little boy. He had a sister, MARIA ANNA, who was called NANNERL. Nannerl was five years older than her brother. She had lessons from her father on a kind of piano called a harpsichord. Here is a picture of one. [Illustration: MOZART'S HARPSICHORD.] When Wolferl was three years old he used to listen to Nannerl's playing. He always watched and listened when Papa Mozart gave her a harpsichord lesson. Little as he was, he would often go to the harpsichord and try to pick out tunes with his chubby fingers. His father noticed that Wolferl could remember quite a little of the music that Nannerl was practising. And here is a picture of Wolferl trying to reach the keys so as to play the melody of his sister's lesson. [Illustration: THE INFANT MOZART AT THE PIANO.]