CHAPTER I.

CHILDHOOD AND EARLY TRAVELS.

Mozart’s Parentage--Early Development of his Genius--Character as a Child--Travels at the Age of Six--Received by Maria Theresa and Marie Antoinette--Mozart and Goethe--Meeting with Madame de Pompadour--The London Bach’s Opinion of Young Mozart--Asked to Write an Opera by Joseph II--Assailed by Envy--Padre Martini--Notes Down the Celebrated Miserere from Ear--The Pope Confers on him the Order of the Golden Spurs--A Member of the Philharmonic Society of Bologna--First Love--Personal Appearance--Troubles with the Archbishop, 7-41