Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? (Who Was...?)
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Book Description
Born in Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first piece of music, a minuet, when he was just five years old! Soon after, he was performing for kings and emperors. Although he died at the young age of thirty-five, Mozart left a legacy of more than 600 works. This fascinating biography charts the musician's extraordinary career and personal life while painting a vivid cultural history of eighteenth-century Europe. Black-and-white illustrations on every spread explore such topics as the history of opera and the evolution of musical instruments. There is also a timeline and a bibliography.
Illustrated by Carrie Robbins.
Cover illustration by Nancy Harrison.
Card catalog description
Explores the life and work of the prolific eighteenth-century Austrian composer who began life as a child prodigy, composing music at the age of five, and died a pauper at age thirty-five.
Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? (Who Was...?),Yona Zeldis McDonough,Carrie Robbins,Grosset & Dunlap,0448431041,1756-1791,Austria,Biography,Biography & Autobiography - Historical,Biography & Autobiography - Music,Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography,Children: Grades 4-6,Composers,Juvenile Easy Readers,Juvenile Nonfiction,Juvenile literature,Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus,,Juvenile Nonfiction / General,Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
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