Boyhoods of Great Composers Vol 1 Author:Catherine Gough This Book tells of six musicians as boys -- of Handel, who hid in a loft at night to practice his music; Mozart, who gave his first public concert at age of six; Schubert. a royal choirboy of Austria; Mendelssohn, a wealthy young boy of Berlin; Grieg, who drew his music from the sea and mountains of his beloved Norway; and Elgar, who taught hims... more »elf to play the instruments in his father's music shop.« less