Wolferl’s Talent Showed Early

by Jerry Yochelson

翻譯：Crazier

說起偉大的音樂家，你們一定不會忘記莫扎特（Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart）。作為歐洲最偉大的古典主義音樂家之一，莫扎特是一位天分極高的藝術家，被公認為音樂界的曠世奇才。他在自己短短35年的一生里譜寫了600多首涉及各種體裁的音樂作品，為人類留下了極其豐富和寶貴的音樂文化遺產。其實，當莫扎特還是小沃佛爾（Wolferl，莫扎特的小名）的時候，他的音樂天賦就已經展露無遺了。讓我們來看看他小時候的趣事，探尋一下大師成長的足跡吧！

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Minuet（小步舞曲），一種起源于西歐民間的三拍子舞曲，約1650年流入法國宮廷，逐步變得速度徐緩、風格典雅，逐漸盛行于貴族社會。因其舞蹈的步子較小而得名。小步舞曲的特點是：旋律流暢、嬌媚，伴奏清晰，速度從容，具有典雅、大方的氣質。拉莫、巴赫、莫扎特、貝多芬等人的小步舞曲最為著名。

Wolferl was a very smart little boy and he loved music. Luckily, he had a father like Leopold, a very good musician and1)composer, who2)appreciated and3)nurtured his4)incredible talent.

When Wolferl was just three years old, Papa Leopold was teaching his sister Nanerl to play the piano. Wolferl would hang around them and listen to what they played. Later, he would come back to the piano, stand up on his5)tiptoes and try to play what he had heard. Soon he could do it. By the time he was four years old, Papa Leopold was giving Wolferl his own piano lessons. Little Wolferl could learn a Minuet by heart during a half-hour lesson! And at the end of his lessons Papa would have to send him away, for it seemed Wolferl wanted to continue all day.

詞組加油站

hang around 徘徊

send…away 把……送走

1) composer [k?m'p??z?] n.（尤指古典音樂）作曲家

2) appreciate [?'pri???e?t] v. 欣賞，重視

3) nurture ['n??t??] v. 培育，培植

4) incredible [?n'kred?bl] adj. 不可思議的，驚人的

5) tiptoe ['t?pt??] n. 腳尖

Papa Leopold was a fine violinist. He had given Wolferl a6)tiny violin, but had not given Wolferl any lessons on it. One day two of Papa’s good friends came to visit. One of them had written six new violin7)trios, and wanted Papa to join them to play through the new music.

Wolferl got out his tiny violin and asked his Papa if he might play second fiddle. Papa Leopold asked Wolferl8)sharply how he could possibly think he’d be able to do that when he had never been taught how to play the violin. Wolferl tearfully began to9)sulk away when one of the friends said, “Let the boy play second fi ddle along with me.” And Wolferl did10)indeed play—so well that Leopold had tears in his eyes!

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second fiddle（第二小提琴手），交響樂隊中第二小提琴部，以伴奏的身份出現，為第一小提琴手合聲。他們的工作就是完成其他樂器所不能演奏完整的音樂。第二小提琴手也被用來比喻起著次要作用但又不可或缺的重要人物。比如恩格斯，周恩來等都被譽為“第二小提琴手”。

6) tiny ['tɑ?n?] adj. 極小的

7) trio ['tri???] n. 三重奏樂曲

8) sharply ['?ɑ?pl?] adv. 嚴厲地

9) sulk [s?lk] v. 生氣，慍怒

10) indeed [?n'di?d] adv. 的確，真正地

名師考點小結

1. play the piano意為“彈鋼琴”，play與樂器類名詞連用時，名詞前要加the；而與球類或游戲類名詞連用時，名詞前不加the。

play the violin 拉小提琴

play football/basketball 踢足球/打籃球

play games 做游戲

拓展：“play with+名詞”表示“玩……”，其后若接“人”則表示“和某人一起玩”。例如：play with a doll 玩洋娃娃

play with water 玩水

play with that boy 和那個男孩玩

2. so…that…意為“如此……以至于……”。so是副詞，常用來修飾形容詞或副詞，

常用句型為：主語+謂語+so+adj./adv.+that從句。例如：

He was so angry that he couldn’t say a word. 他氣得話都說不出來了。

The boy talked so loud that his mother was woken by him. 男孩說話太大聲，把他媽媽吵醒了。

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莫扎特從小天資聰穎，熱愛音樂。幸運的是，他的父親利奧波德，是一名非常優秀的音樂家和作曲家，是他重視并培養了莫扎特驚人的音樂才能。

莫扎特三歲的時候，父親在教他的姐姐瑪利亞（小名娜奈爾）彈鋼琴。莫扎特總會徘徊在他們身邊，聽他們彈琴。過后，他會回到鋼琴前，踮起腳尖，嘗試彈出剛剛聽到的曲子。很快他就能做到了。莫扎特四歲時，父親開始教他彈鋼琴。他能在半小時的課程里牢記一首小步舞曲！每當課程結束，他的父親總會將他強行趕走，不然他可能會在那兒彈上一整天。

莫扎特的父親還是一名出色的小提琴家。他給了莫扎特一把小小的小提琴，但沒有教他如何演奏。一天，莫扎特父親的兩位好友來家中拜訪。其中一位譜寫了六首小提琴三重奏，他希望利奧波德能加入他們來演奏這些新曲子。

莫扎特拿出了他小小的小提琴，問父親自己能否擔任第二小提琴手。他父親嚴肅地反問他，他從沒有學過小提琴，怎么會認為自己有能力擔任第二小提琴手。莫扎特淚光閃閃，臉上氣鼓鼓的。這時，他父親的一位朋友說，“讓他當我的第二小提琴手吧！”結果莫扎特真的會拉小提琴，而且還拉得很好，利奧波德聽得熱淚盈眶。