A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present
CHAPTER XXVI--MOZART AND HIS GENIUS 292-304
Charming personality--childhood--early talent--concerts--Mozart at Bologna and the test of his powers--Haydn's opinion--early operas--"Marriage of Figaro"--success--accompaniments added to Händel's "Messiah" and other works--call to Berlin--mysterious order for the "Requiem"--death--general quality of Mozart's music.