at the sheet. There were ideas in music scrawled
there which even a grown man found it difficult to understand.

"See," said the father in amazement, "it is written correctly and
regularly, though it can't be used because it's so difficult we couldn't
find any one who could play it."

The boy looked up quickly. "It's a concerto, father, and must be
practiced a long time before it can be played. It ought to go this way."
He began to play it as best he could on the clavier, but could give them
only the barest outline of it. As a matter of fact the boy had written
the music with a full score of accompaniments, ready to be played by a
full orchestra.

At six Mozart knew the effect of sounds as shown by notes, and could
compose unaided by any instrument.

Leopold Mozart could not keep the story of his children's great talents
to himself, and in a very short time news of their remarkable ability
had spread through Austria. Invitations poured in upon the father asking
him to bring the boy and girl to different courts, and he decided to
take them on a concert tour.

The children played at all the chief cities of the empire, and
everywhere they were welcomed as infant prodigies. The Emperor and
Empress took special delight in them, loaded them with presents, and
insisted on having them treated with all the respect given to grown
artists. Little Woferl appeared at court in a suit of white and gold,
very resplendent with lace, ruffles, and ornaments of all sorts. His
small sister, in white brocaded taffeta, was dressed exactly like an
archduchess in miniature.

It is a wonder that both children were not hopelessly spoiled by the
treatment they received, but fortunately both had much good sense, and
they enjoyed their travels without becoming conceited.

Leopold and his children went from Austria to Paris, and then to London.
Everywhere their concerts met with the same success. In London the most
difficult pieces by Bach and Handel were put before the boy, but he
played them at sight, and without the slightest mistake. Bach was at
that time music-master to the English Queen, and he took special delight
in young Mozart. He would take the boy on his knees, and play a few
bars, and then have the boy continue them, and so, each playing in turn,
they would perform an entire sonata, as if with a single pair of hands.

The trip to England set a final seal on Woferl's fame. His father wrote
home: "My girl is esteemed the first fem