Show MUSICIANS OF TENDER YEARS many youthful prod g es in the world cf melody like many of the world s great composers sir edward elgar was a youthful prodigy of exceptional gifts as was proved by a recent perform ance of a suite composed by him at the immature age of 12 but even sir edward was probably not as areco clous as one of his english bors samuel wesley who in his eighth year heard a regimental band play a march which he had composed for it at 11 franz schubert had already placed several songs string and piano pieces to his credit han dels first attempts at composition were made at eight and Vieux temps who began to scrape the strings of a tiny faddle at two Is said to have been even more precocious sir charles halle was only tour years old when be played in public a sonata expressly composed for him liszt was a public performer at nine chopin and ruben stein at eight lady halle and joachim at seven and at five mozart composed a piece of music almost too difficult tor his father to play |