Show I A E- E 0 MOZART'S BIRTH BIRTHOn On J January n tr 27 1756 Amadeus Mozart 1 Ger t ri composer was born dt al j Austria It n is doubtful If It a a. rn more more- re brilliant nt child prodigy i dl y existed d before or r sh since ce At the age ace of ot f 5 he lie had sev thi det and dd rid at I S Shad h hid had d become so proficient a performer perform perform- C er on the piano no that he m made d i c concert four tour of the Hie J leading capital capitA of ot Europe Every E where he wits was r roy raHy r- r ally r received c h he r reached c M thiS th ng age of ot 12 Mozart l cO conducted 1 M Id Vienna Viena a n solemn mass s of ot hf his own c composition While Mozart was spared the miserly existence that characterised Wo tIle the tra tragic lc life of I SebO bert he was obliged t to struggle f for sustenance e. e This to together With re repeated re- re petted d hostile s sallies from jealOuS politicians its in lit Italy made his life aft an unhappy one The circumstances surrounding tho the writing g of his requiem lem ar are W- W In h history st F Feeling eUng n he not live IWo 10 long 1 enough t to compute complete the thes s score or h he left instructions s t for r H it iii completion with d a pupil The night t before he dl died d he ne summoned summon s d his fa ta fas v singers r t to his b bedside in nd had hid tho the requiem sung Oung When tJi th Lacrimosa waa 9 re reached the d dI l S' S composer burst bUist Int Into t tears ar ars and d closed the score |