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| "prodigy an extraordinary person, particularly a child,
who shows spontaneous early signs of genius or exceptional ability
along certain lines. Among these are the arithmetical prodigies, the
chess prodigies, and the lightning calculators who have a remarkable
memory for figures. Best known are the musical prodigies--Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, and Felix Mendelssohn, all of whom
began to compose before the age of 12; Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Frederic
Chopin, and Yehudi Menuhin, who gave public concerts by 11 years of
age; and Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak, and Richard Strauss, all
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| Far less common is precocious ability in writing, drawing, and
painting. Prodigies should be distinguished from those whose superior
achievements result from overtraining rather than talent. They must
also be distinguished from so-called idiot savants, whose achievement
is confined to a very limited area and who show little understanding
of their ability because of average or subnormal intelligence. Prodigies
are both born and made--born with retentive memories and a quality
of mind that enables them to relate and organize experiences; and
made in the sense that they receive opportunities and rewards of special
practice, instruction, or training. Some, however, achieve a superior
level of performance without help, or even in spite of adversity--Blaise
Pascal, for example, though his father deprived him of mathematical
books at the age of 11, secretly constructed a geometry of his own.
Few mental prodigies reported in history have met early expectations.
Musical prodigies, however, seldom fade into oblivion." ENCYCLOPAEDIA
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