ThecomposerWolfgangAmadeusMozart’sremarkablemusicaltalentwasapparentevenbeforemostchildrencansingasimplenurseryrhyme.Wolfgang’soldersisterMariaAnna(whothefamilycalledNannerl)waslearningtheclavieranearlykeyboardinstrumentwhenherthree-year-oldbrothertookaninterestinplaying.AsNannerllaterrecalledWolfgang“oftenspentmuchtimeattheclavierpickingoutthirds(三度音)whichhewasalwaysstrikingandhispleasureshowedthatitsoundedgood.”TheirfatherLeopoldanassistantconcertmasterattheSalzburgCourtrecognizedhischildren’suniquegiftsandsoondevotedhimselftotheirmusicaleducation.

BorninSalzburgAustriaonJanuary271756Wolfganghadcomposedhisfirstoriginalworkbyagefive.LeopoldplannedtotakeNannerlandWolfgangontourtoplaybeforetheEuropeancourts.TheirfirstventurewastonearbyMunichwherethechildrenplayedforMaximillianIIIJosephelectorofBavaria.LeopoldsoonsethissightsonthecapitaloftheHapsburgEmpireVienna.OntheirwaytoViennathefamilystoppedinLinzwhereWolfganggavehisfirstpublicconcert.BythistimeWolfgangwasnotonlyaskilledharpsichordplayerbuthehadalsomasteredtheviolin.TheaudienceatLinzwasamazedbythesix-year-oldandwordofhisgeniussoontraveledtoVienna.InamuchattendedconcerttheMozartchildrenappearedattheSchonbrunnPalaceonOctober131762.Theycompletelyattractedtheemperorandempress.

FollowingthissuccessLeopoldreceivedalotofinvitationsforthechildrentoplayforafee.LeopoldseizedtheopportunityandbookedasmanyconcertsaspossibleatcourtsthroughoutEurope.Aconcertcouldlastthreehoursandthechildrenplayedatleasttwoperaday.TodayLeopoldmightbeconsideredtheworstkindofstageparentbutatthetimeitwasnotuncommonforprodigiestomakeextensiveconcerttours.Evensoitwasanexhaustingscheduleforachildwhowasjustpasttheageofneedinganafternoonnap.

1.Agoodtitleforthispassagewouldbe________.

A.ClassicalMusicintheEighteenthCentury:AnOverview.

B.StageParents:AHistoricalPointofView.

C.Mozart:TheEarlyLifeofaMusicalGenius.

D.Mozart:TheShortCareerofaMusicalGenius.

2.WhatwastheconsequenceofWo