Excerpt from Life of Mozart In the execution of his task, however, he showed himself by no means a mere beginner. For when, continuing their journey - to which they could give themselves up with all the more composure as the libretto was to be sent after them - they came to Bologna and there called upon the most learned musician of his age, Padre Martini, even he could do nothing but lose himself in wonder at the power of achievement of our young master, who, as Martini said, solved problems and overcame difficulties which gave evidence both of innate genius and of the most comprehensive knowl edge. Wolfgang here became acquainted with the greatest singer of his time, the sopranist, Carlo Broschi, known as Farinelli, and receiv ed from him as a last legacy the Italian art of 661 canto; for, said he, only he who under stands the art of song in its highest sense, can, in turn, properly write for song. And yet this vocalist was already in the sixties. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.