Mozart's Sister
The fascinating life of Wolfgang’s older sister, Nannerl—whose talent may have equaled her brother’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...
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The fascinating life of Wolfgang’s older sister, Nannerl—whose talent may have equaled her brother’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 father’s dreams of glory. As the siblings matured, Nannerl’s prodigious talent was brushed aside. Instead of playing alongside her brother in the world’s great cities, she was forced to stop performing and become a provincial piano teacher to support Wolfgang’s career. Nannerl might have accepted this life in her brother’s shadow but for the appearance of a potential suitor who reawakened her passion for life, for love, for music—and who threatened to upset the delicate balance that kept the Mozart family in harmony.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780307346971 (0307346978)
ASIN: 307346978
Publish date: July 22nd 2008
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Super emotivo: lloré varias veces, me indigné, quería pelearme con los papás. Está muy bien investigado, la narrativa es vívida y uno puede simpatizar con Nannerl. Muy buena para ser primera novela de la autora. Recomendadísima, aunque también sugiero buscar la traducción al español, que ha de ser m...
french with english subtitles.
interesting premise...i never knew mozart had a sister. the first 2/3 of the book was VERY slow. if i had not been given a free copy and wasn't obligated to review it, i'm not sure i would've finished it. final third picked up a bit and it was more enjoyable to read. difficulties might have bee...