Born in Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first piece of music, a minuet, when he was just five years old! Soon after, he was performing for kings and emperors. Although he died at the young age of thirty-five, Mozart left a legacy of more than 600 works. This fascinating biography charts the musician's extraordinary career and personal life while painting a vivid cultural history of eighteenth-century Europe. Black-and-white illustrations on every spread explore such topics as the history of opera and the evolution of musical instruments. There is also a timeline and a bibliography.
僅僅六歲的年紀，卻以傑出的琴藝讓奧地利女皇讚嘆不已；僅僅35歲的一生，完成的協奏曲、奏鳴曲、交響曲以及歌劇等作品達600個之多，曲曲為不朽之作；他是個愛說玩笑話但卻很嚴謹的音樂家，聽起來奇怪嗎？告訴你，他就是音樂神童--- Mozart.
小小音樂神童從小就會不下三個樂器，鋼琴、小提琴、管風琴都是他的才藝項目，因父親本是音樂家，從小就被賦予極大期望的Mozart，果然以其驚人的音樂天賦，奪得神童的稱號。這本偉人傳記中最特別的就是有18世紀當代的知識介紹，無論是服裝、樂器、以及樂理，讀者都可以在本書中獲得資訊，喜歡Mozart以及音樂的你，絕對不能錯過這本傳記！
