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Maria Anna Mozart Was a Musical Prodigy Like Her Brother. Why Did She Get Erased from History?

October 26, 2017 By Respiro E Movimento · Follow us: Facebook · Twitter · Instagram · YouTube

Milo describes Nannerl’s fate: “left behind in Salzberg” when she turned 18. “A little girl could perform and tour, but a woman doing so risked her reputation…. Her father only took Wolfgang on their next journeys around the courts of Europe. Nannerl never toured again.” We do know that she wrote music. Wolfgang praised one composition as “beautiful” in a letter to her. But none of her music has survived.

The question may remain an academic one, but the life of Nannerl has recently become a matter of popular interest as well, not only in Milo’s play but in several novels, many titled Mozart’s Sister, and a 2011 film, also titled Mozart’s Sister, written and directed by René Féret and starring his daughter in the titular role.

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Filed Under: GENDER, HISTORY, MOZART, MUSIC

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