It started with Chopsticks, except that he played it perfectly the first time he saw the spinet.
He was eighteen months old at the time.
From there he moved to Für Elise and the Moonlight Sonata. At ten he memorized all of Chopin’s nocturnes and was making a serious go at Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto.
So what if he took to wearing a powdered wig, embroidered waistcoat, silk stockings and silver-buckled shoes? So what if he refused to use electricity?
A boy out of another time, he chose to live that way.
It was his life, brief though it was.
Dear J Hardy
Sounds like a fascinating child.
Shalom,
Rochelle
Is this based on someone real? It had that aura of tragedy surrounding it.
Such a vivid character and great tale!
Ah, interesting take! Such a poignant image, the young child dressed like an old man from another time, who will have no chance to become old himself
That’s a unique take on the prompt. Interesting child character. But the main theme I get from the story is that children are unique and we need to cherish them for what they are – Well done.
A child prodigy, indeed! The ending made me sad, like his life had been too short for such a brilliant soul. :(
I enjoyed this, though I am sad that the child did not live long. I am imagining that going out the door dressed as he was had a bit to do with his short existence…?
He really lived his music. Maybe he was transported from another time. Cool story!
Such a poignant tale, left me quite sad.
A musical prodigy has the right to be eccentric. Great story!
Very sad, to see such talent go too early. A good thing he could live his short life as he wanted. Very interesting story.
Oh that end.. The bright ones burn and never fade away… Like Neil Young almost said… I think it could have been Kurt Cobain, bar the silk coat and the spinet.
A great story. I am appreciating more and more the strong emotions that such a thing like a musical instrument calls forth!
Regards
Jim
Tragic. The spirit of creative genius lives on from age to age, and eccentricity often accompanies it. Well told.
Great story of an eccentric genius child. I am interested in how he died.