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About how old was Mozart when he started composing music?

Mozart began composing at age five and had already performed for European royalty by then, according to Wikipedia—early overachiever energy.

On air: Hank Ledger and Chip Darnell on The Five O'Clock
Published 5:15 PM ET, Friday, October 16, 2026

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First reported by Wikipedia: “About how old was Mozart when he started composing music?”
Covered on BBN on Friday, October 16, 2026, at 5:15 PM ET on The Five O'Clock, by Hank Ledger and Chip Darnell.

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Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMusic and art. About how old was Mozart when he started composing music? A, five. B, twelve. C, eighteen. D, twenty-five.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOh, I love this one! Composing is basically paperwork with a piano, so it's gotta be a grown-up number.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTen seconds on the clock. Play along at home, and try not to be Chip.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOkay, so composing at five? That's like asking a kid to do your taxes.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThat line takes forever, and nobody's getting through it at five. They'd need a snack and a nap.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo he'd have waited until, what, twenty-five? Locking in D.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe answer is A, five. Per Wikipedia, by age five Mozart was already composing and had performed for European royalty.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorPerformed for royalty? At five? I can't even get on the Tilt-A-Whirl.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTwenty-eight years at this desk, and that's the first time anyone has lost to a kindergartener from the seventeen hundreds.