HISTORY UNCUT Wolfgang Amadeus THE REAL Mozart Virginia Loh-Hagan
CHAPTER 1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Story You Know Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a famous composer Composers are people who write music He was a child prodigy A prodigy is someone with amazing skills or talents Mozart played piano and violin at an early age He started composing at age 5 He performed in front of kings and queens By age 17 he had composed over 600 songs He helped develop classical music Classical music includes symphonies concertos operas and sonatas These are special musical forms Mozart’s work inspired many people His music is played all the time But there’s more to his story 4
