A Wonderful Memory

The following anecdote of Mozart shows that he must have been born a musician:

"When fourteen years old he heard in Rome the 'Miserere of Allegri;' and knowing that it was forbidden to take or give a copy of this famous piece, he paid such attention to the music that when he reached home he noted down the entire piece. He was enabled a few days afterward to check the copy, when he found that he had not made a single mistake. The next day he produced such a sensation in Rome by singing the 'Miserere' at a concert that Pope Clement XIV requested that he should be presented to him. Thus, by his wonderful memory, he was enabled to begin with success his musical career."--New York Ledger.