He first composed at the age of four--but what I'm wondering is if that he was the first one EVER to be a musical child prodigy. If the answer is yes, could you maybe give me a source so I can confirm that it's true?|||Here for you:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WN236V92鈥?/a> I think it is the first symphony he composed but not at the age of four, that is 9 years old. But when he was Five, he composed Minuet. Mozart is a genius. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Am鈥?/a> Sorry for my bad English. I am from Vietnam. Nice to meet you.|||http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H360qnfCJek|||Let me put it this way. It's not that uncommon for children, even very young ones, to sit at a piano or with another instrument and make up tunes of their own. Mozart was just better at it than most. Plus he had the influence of his musician-composer father Leopold Mozart. The word "prodigy" is thrown around far too much. A true prodigy would have to produce works equivelent to that of a proficient adult. Prodigies hopefully go on and become even better as adult musicians--but sometimes they just burn out. Simply being a talented child should not be equated as being a prodigy. When I was trying to find some sources to attach to my answer, I checked good old Wikipedia, who listed amongst musical prodigies, Charlotte Church and the newest child "opera" singer--Jackie Evancho! The only problem with that was that Charlotte Church, despite her early success and massive publicity, really never sang much better than many 12 year olds in the typical school choir. She never sang as well as an adult even when she became an adult. Jackie Evancho has a beautiful voice, but it's not close to what a true opera singer can do in terms of range, flexibility, power, breath control, artistic interpretation, etc. We have myriads of overly cute moppets seated at large pianos, their little legs unable to reach the pedals! Mozart was a true prodigy. But his work also matured with him. He got BETTER as he got older. That perhaps is a test of true talent...that you still have a career after you outgrow your cuteness. http://www.studio-mozart.com/mozart/inde鈥?/a> http://brainconnection.positscience.com/鈥?/a> http://articles.cnn.com/2007-12-10/livin鈥?/a> http://www.trcommons.org/2011/06/prodigy鈥?/a> For other composers who wrote music at an early age: http://www.physorg.com/news168617647.htm鈥?/a>|||To be honest, Mozart's earliest works aren't that good. He wasn't the first, either, to be a child prodigy. The English composer, William Croft (1678-1727) was considered such. After Mozart, Mendelssohn was composing far better works at a young age, than did Mozart.|||rdenig_male speaks the truth, although I think he is being a bit harsh on some of Mozart's earliest works. While it is true that many are skillful imitations of other composers (especially JC Bach, who was a huge influence on the young Mozart), there are also some little gems (such as the Symphony No 5 K22, the 'Gallimathias Musicum' K32 and 'Apollo et Hyacinthus', his first opera - all written before Mozart's teen years). Interestingly, another musical prodigy. Thomas Linley was also born in 1756, the same year as Mozart. The two youngsters met in April 1770 and became firm friends. Sadly, Linley died in a boating accident in 1778 aged only 22, robbing us of a fine composer and musician.

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