...and piano ; in his eleventh year he could play Bach's "Well-tempered Clavier "with a power and ease beyond many of the first pianists. He had begun to...Haydn himself gave Beethoven instruction ; and Mozart, Gliick, Haydn and Bach were the idols of the nation. It was music, music, everywhere ; it was part...

...occasion, played so finely that Mozart, stepping softly into the next room, said to his friends there, ' Pay attention to him ; he will make a noise in the world some day or other.' His visit seems not to have lasted more than three months, but, as we have said, all certain...

...admiralion, and going softly upon tiptoe into the next room, said to some friends assembled there, "Pay attention to him. He will make a noise in the world some day or other " — a prophecy soon fulfilled. Beethoven's touch was strong and masterly, but ratiier heavy,...

...occasion, played во finely that Mozart, stepping softly into the next room, said to his friends there, ' Pay attention to him ; he will make a noise in the world some day or other.' His visit seems not to have loatocl more than three months, but, as we have •aid, all...

...further education. His talent was early discerned, and Mozart said of him, speaking to some friends, " Pay attention to him, he will make a noise in the world some day or other." It does not appear that these early years were very fruitful in original compositions, as...

...difficult for his father to play. 15. The youthful musician whose improvisations caused Mozart to say : " Pay attention to him'; he will make a noise in the world some day." 1 6. The great American orator who, as a boy, " could never speak before the school." s 17. The French...

...played so effectively that Mozart stepped softly into the next room and whispered to his friends, " Pay attention to him, he will make a noise in the world some day." Such was the independent verdict of the great Mozart — the then idol of the musical world, after...

...Mozart, stepping softly to the door of the adjoining room, said to some friends who were there, "Listen to him; he will make a noise in the world some day." Beethoven could not afford the pleasure of a long stay in Vienna — indeed it is a wonder how he contrived...

...the trap, but played so effectively that Mozart stole from the room to call in his family, saying, "Pay attention to him, he will make a noise in the world some day." On his return to Bonn, Beethoven found his father such a wreck that he was obliged to undertake the...

...played like one inspired, and at the end of the stance Mozart, completely won, said to his friend : " Pay attention to him ; he will make a noise in the world some day or other." Mozart never saw the boy again, but his prophecy came true, for the boy was Ludwig van Beethoven....