Weeks, Marcus.

Mozart : the boy who changed the world with his music / Marcus Weeks. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2007. - 64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map, music ; 26 cm. - National Geographic world history biographies . - National Geographic world history biographies .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.

A musical prodigy. A musical family -- Austrian life -- Music lessons -- Everyday life -- The Mozarts on tour -- The young composer. Concert master. First job -- Prince Archbishop's court -- Musical instruments -- Frustrating times. The move to Vienna. A break for independence -- Setting up house -- The Age of enlightenment -- Mozart and Haydn -- The toast of the town -- Viennese society. The final years. Money worries -- Opera -- The last works -- Mozart's requiem.

School Library Journal Horn Book

Tells the life story of eighteenth-century Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, describing his emergence as a musical prodigy, his rise to fame, and his last works.

6.9 Follett Library Resources 3-6 Follett Library Resources 3-6 1050L Lexile

9781426300028 (trade bdg.) 1426300026 (trade bdg.) 9781426300035 (lib. bdg.) 1426300034 (lib. bdg.)

2006020783


Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 --Juvenile literature.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.


Composers--Austria--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Composers.
Composers--Austria--Biography.

ML3930.M9 / W26 2007

780/.92 B

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