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Excerpt from Stories of the Four Great Composers, for Young People: Mendelssohn, Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn And so it came about that when Felix was three and Fanny seven years of age the mother gave them each a short music lesson daily; at first lasting but five minutes, and afterwards lengthened to longer periods according as they were able to keep their attention at the task They were living in Berlin at this time, and there were two other children in the home - Rebecca and Paul - a lovely group of child blossoms twined together with the bond of love - a bond that never weakened even after they were grown to manhood and womanhood. The children could not avoid growing m grace and beauty with the advantages of refinement and culture all about them. They were accustomed to meet people of distinction and fame who enjoyed the charms of their home at many social and private gatherings. Persons of distinction, too, early had the care of the children's education. 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.