Maria Anna Mozart (1762)

Maria Anna Mozart (c. 1785)

Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart (July 30, 1751–October 29, 1829), nicknamed "Nannerl" Mozart, was a famous musician in eighteenth century Europe. She was the older sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and daughter of Leopold and Anna Maria Mozart. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... Events Adam Smith is appointed professor of logic at the University of Glasgow March 25 - For the last time, New Years Day is legally on March 25 in England and Wales. ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (IPA: , baptized Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart) (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. ... Leopold Mozart Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a composer, music teacher and violinist. ... Anna Maria Mozart Anna Maria Walburga Mozart née Pertl (December 25, 1720 — July 3, 1778) was the mother of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Maria Anna Mozart. ...

When she was seven years old, Leopold Mozart, their father, began to teach her how to play the clavier. Initially she had seemed a potential child prodigy. Their father took them on tours to many cities, such as Vienna, and Paris to exploit their talents. In the early days she sometimes received top billing on these tours and she was noted as an excellent harpsichord player and pianist. Ultimately, however, Nannerl's talents were overshadowed by those of her younger brother. Although she was a talented musician in her own right, often accompanying Wolfgang during his tours, she was not allowed to pursue composition because of her gender. Hence Wolfgang wrote many piano pieces, in particular duets so that his sister could play alongside him. Her brother respected her talents and believed she could succeed as a music teacher or player in Vienna, Austria, but her early promise was never fully realized. Leopold Mozart Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a composer, music teacher and violinist. ... Clavier is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. ... Vienna (German: , see also other names) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Harpsichord in the Flemish style A harpsichord is any of a family of European keyboard instruments, including the large instrument currently called a harpsichord, but also the smaller virginals, the muselar virginals and the spinet. ... Pianist Claudio Arrau, Carnegie Hall, 1954. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... The duet, by Hendrik ter Brugghen A duet is a musical composition or piece for two performers, most often used for a vocal or piano duet. ... This article is about the city and federal state in Austria. ...

Although her brother rebelled from their father, Maria Anna remained primarily under her father's direction. Because of this, and due to contemporary views of women, her father decided that her brother should be the focus and Maria's main goal should become a suitable marriage. The Archbishop at that time rejected her first choice of spouse, which forced her to marry a wealthy magistrate, Johann Baptist Franz von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg. Added to that, her brother's rebelliousness and marriage to Constanze Weber seemed to have estranged the two previously inseparable siblings. After her father died they resumed contact, but the conversations were formal and concerned estate matters. “Constanze Mozart is perhaps the most unpopular woman in music history,” writes H.C. Robbins Landon. ... This article is about the domestic group. ...

Maria Anna's life revolved around a husband she did not love, one surviving child of her own, five children from her husband's previous marriage, and a teaching career in a small town she disliked several miles from Salzburg, Austria. She was the subject of a "biography in poems", The Other Mozart by Sharon Chmielarz (ISBN 0-86538-101-1). Maria Anna died in 1829 at the age of seventy-eight, outliving her more famous younger brother by more than forty years. This page is for the city of Salzburg. ...

External links

• Mozart Project
• Portraits of Anomaly: Nannerl Mozart, Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann