Mozart and Mendelssohn: Stupendous Musical Prodigies

Monday, April 11th at 6:30 in the Community Room at the Wallingford Public Library

The name Mozart is synonymous with the word prodigy. He certainly displayed incredible talent as a composer, pianist, and violinist at a ridiculously young age.

Mendelssohn is usually ignored in the conversation about prodigies, but he was no less extraordinary and topped Mozart in at least one way. He was composing masterpieces as a teenager, several years before Mozart wrote anything comparable.

Jeffrey Engel will compare the two youngsters and let you decide who was the more remarkable.