Prodigies
Sirs:
You say in the Music department of TIME, Nov. 1 that "All great musicians were prodigies. . . ."
I can furnish no evidence to the contrary but I should like to see you prove the assertion. FREMONT POWER
Bloomington, Ind.
Without calling the roll of all great musicians, TIME suggests that the following bear out its generalization: When he was 4, Beethoven began studying music, knew as much as his teacher-father by the time he was 9. Other first appearances: Heifetz and Elman at 5, Mozart and Josef Hofmann at 6, Fritz Kreisler...
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