Mozart was born 1 January 27, 1756, in Austria. When he was only three, he asked for music lessons. He could think of nothing 2 music. The child learned 3 by watching and 4 the music that was played in his home for pleasure several evenings a week. He played the violin without taking any 5 . At fourteen, he once heard a famous song in Rome ( 罗 马). Mozart heard it 6 once and 7 home. There he 8 all by himself. Every note of it was quite good. 9 could believe that this could be done, so he was put alone in a room with people at the door and did it again. Stories of his good 10 spread all over Italy.