Musical History, Biography, and Criticism, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Musical History, Biography, and Criticism, Vol. 2 In the year 1762, when Mozart was six years of age, his father carried his family to Vienna, where the two children performed before Francis the First and the Imperial court. Wagenseil, an eminent musician, was then in Vienna; and Mozart, who already knew how to value the approbation of a good master, begged that he might be present. The emperor sent for Wagen seil, and gave up to him his place beside the harpsi chord. Sir, said the young performer, I am going to play one of your concertos and you will turn the leaves for me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.