Mozart's Sister: A Novel Book

The fascinating life of Wolfgangâ??s older sister, Nannerlâ??whose talent may have equaled her brotherâ??sMaria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart, affectionately called Nannerl by her family, could play the piano with an otherworldly skill from the time she was a child. At the tender age of five, she gave her first public performance, amazing the assembled gentlemen and ladies with the beautiful music she created. Yet it was her brother, Wolfgang, who carried their fatherâ??s dreams of glory. As the siblings matured, Nannerlâ??s prodigious talent was brushed aside. Instead of playing alongside her brother in the worldâ??s great cities, she was forced to stop performing and become a provincial piano teacher to support Wolfgangâ??s career. Nannerl might have accepted this life in her brotherâ??s shadow but for the appearance of a potential suitor who reawakened her passion for life, for love, for musicâ??and who threatened to upset the delicate balance that kept the Mozart family in harmony.Read More