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Show MUSICIANS OF TENDER YEARS. Many "Youthful Prodigies" In the World of Melody. Llko so many of tho world's great composers. Sir IMwnrd Klgnr was n "youthful prodigy" of exceptional gifts, as was proved liy a recent perform-unco perform-unco of a sulto composed by him at tho Immnture age of 12. Dut oven Sir Edward whs probably not as precocious preco-cious ns one of his English prcdcccB-sors,Samuol prcdcccB-sors,Samuol Wesley, who In his eighth year heard a regimental band play a march which ho had composed for It. At 11 Franz Schubert had already placed several songs, Btrlng quartettes and piano pieces to his credit. Handel's Han-del's first attempts at composition wero mado at eight, and VIouxtemps, who began to scrnpo tho strings of n tiny flddlo at two, Is said to have been oven moro precocious. Sir Charles Hallo was only four ears old when ho playod In public n sonnta expressly composed for him; Liszt was a public performer nt nine, Chopin nnd Ruben-Bteln Ruben-Bteln at eight, Lady Hallo nnd Joachim at seven, nnd at flvo Moznrt composed a piece or music almost too dlfllcult for his father to play. |