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“Virtuosic.” “A prodigy.” “Genius.” These words were written in the 1760s about Mozart—Maria Anna Mozart.
Maria Anna Mozart as a child (1763) (portrait said to be by Lorenzoni) Her brother Wolfgang in his youth. Maria Anna (Marianne) Mozart was born in Salzburg. When she was seven years old, her father Leopold Mozart started teaching her to play the harpsichord.
In 1747 Leopold Mozart married Anna Maria Pertlin, a foster-child of the Convent of St. Gilgen. The fruits of this marriage were seven children, two of whom alone survived,—Maria Anna, (the fourth), called Nannerl, born in 1751; and the youngest, Wolfgang Amadeus Johannes Chrysostomus.
Anna Maria Mozart's birth home in St. Gilgen, now a museum She was born in St. Gilgen , Archbishopric of Salzburg , to Eva Rosina (1681–1755) and Wolfgang Nicolaus Pertl [ de ] (1667–1724), deputy prefect of Hildenstein.
Oct 20, 2020 · You likely knew that Wolfgang Amadé Mozart was a child prodigy, but did you know his older sister, Maria Anna, was also a musical genius? Salzburg-based musicologist Dr. Eva Neumayr discusses why Maria Anna's story faded from the spotlight and her importance in preserving Wolfgang’s legacy.
Emerging Prodigies. When Maria Anna was seven, her father began teaching her to play the harpsichord. She took to it readily, as did her two-year-old brother. Their father realized quickly the depth of their talent and continued teaching them over the next three years.
Born in Salzburg, Austria, in 1751, Maria Anna Mozart, called Nannerl, was five years older than her famous brother Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. She too was considered a musical prodigy; in fact, during the early tours that the sister-brother act was taken on by their father Leopold Mozart, she received top billing.
