1. In his drunken enthusiasm, Melchior conceived the idea of creating a musical prodigy.

2. Melchior by chance one day heard his three - year - old Christophe playing at the piano.

3. Each of them came from a different culture: Melchior was Asian, Balthazar was Persian and Gaspar was Ethopian, thus representing the three races known to the old world.

4. When Melchior finally drowned himself, his death was a financial benefit to the Kraffts.

5. Melchior Krafft was a virtuoso, his father Jean Michel a famous conductor.

6. Your cousin Melchior was imprudent with his investments and got into a very queer street.

7. It takes the form of a painted triptych, eleven feet high, and is signed by Melchior Salabuss and dated 1588.

8. According to medieval legends, the three wisemen were named Melchior, Balthazar and Gaspar.