Mozart wrote his first Opera when he was 12 years old. Becuse he was inspired by music.
By age 5 Mozart was already competent on keyboard and violin and began composing songs and performing for European royalty.
The Nannerl Notenbuch. contains the first compositions of Mozart. He began composing short pieces when he was only five years old. He played the notes, and his father wrote them down.
At the age of three, it was apparent that Mozart was a musical prodigy and he was taught to play the harpsichord, violin, and organ by his father. More about Mozart can be found at - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
Beethoven began composing works of music when he was ten years old.
The famous composer that began composing at 5 was Mozart. He started learning to play instruments at the age of 3 because of his dad, who was also a musician. Then at 5, he composed his own music.
John Williams is 81 years old, and is still composing music for films and conducting.
The Nannerl Notenbuch. contains the first compositions of Mozart. He began composing short pieces when he was only five years old. He played the notes, and his father wrote them down.
At the age of three, it was apparent that Mozart was a musical prodigy and he was taught to play the harpsichord, violin, and organ by his father. More about Mozart can be found at - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
Beethoven began composing works of music when he was ten years old.
The famous composer that began composing at 5 was Mozart. He started learning to play instruments at the age of 3 because of his dad, who was also a musician. Then at 5, he composed his own music.
John Williams is 81 years old, and is still composing music for films and conducting.
Mozart's father introduced him to the pianoforte when he was four years old. Mozart began writing compositions when he was five years old. From then, he taught himself the violin, viola, and organ. Mozart also played the harpsichord. For more information, read this article: http://www.musicatschool.co.uk/year_9/Classical_sheets/Mozart.PDF
Kabalevsky was 14 (1918) when he started studying piano at the Scriabin Music School. He started composing at the age of 18.
The actual "day" is not known ... and Mozart is dead! He was about 4 years old when he composed his first work.
W A Mozart was composing at the age of 4 years. I personally know of no younger composers.Another answer:This is not the sort of question that can have an exact answer. In the case of most composers there is no hard-and-fast indication of how old they were when they first wrote something. You also have to bear in mind that there may not be a clear dividing line between childish jottings and 'composing' - how do you know when the one becomes the other?
Mozart wrote the piece in 1787, which would have made him 31.
Franz Joseph Haydn started his music training when he was six years old. He started composing in 1753 with the opera Der krumme Teufel.
Mozart was 22 when he composed the 12 variations of 'Twinkle, Twinkle little star'. I know this because Mozart composed this piece of music in 1778 and he was born in 1756, this means 1778-1756=22!