#nannerl mozart

[broadwaytwitter]

mozart l'opera rock twitter 1/?

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[antoniosalieri]

#i know this is unfair but. isnt it hilarious #nannerl mozart #mozart l'opera rock

[city-of-ladies]

You have probably already heard of the famous composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. But did you know that he had an equally talented sister who was sidelined?

This is her story. 

A child prodigy 

Maria Anna “Nannerl” Mozart (1751-1829) was born in Salzburg, Austria, to Anna Maria Mozart (née Perti) and composer Leopold Mozart. She was thus immersed in a musical environment from early on.

She began learning music at the age of 8. Like her little brother, Nannerl was a child prodigy and excelled at playing the harpsichord. But she wasn’t supposed to make a living out of it. Her musical education only aimed at increasing her value in the marriage market. 

Between 1763 and 1766, she toured Europe with her brother. Nannerl was 12 and Wolfgang 7. They gave concerts in no less than eighty cities. Contemporary praised Nannerl’s musical abilities, calling her a “wonder”, “prodigy” or “virtuoso”. She could indeed play the most difficult pieces “with precision, incredible lightness, with perfect taste”. She was sometimes even billed first. 

End of an artistic career 

Nannerl helped write down some of her brother's compositions and wrote her own as well. Wolfgang was supportive and encouraged her. He frequently asked for her opinions on his work. She sent him at least one piece and he called it “beautiful”. Her father said nothing of it.

A musicologist made the hypothesis that Nannerl could have written two of Wolgang’s concertos for violin. Sadly, as far as we know, none of her music survived. 

Nannerl, who referred to herself as an "obedient daughter", stopped touring and performing in public at 16. It was now time to prepare for marriage and her father now focused only on Wolfgang's musical talent. 

A loveless marriage 

Nannerl was 33 when she ultimately married an older aristocrat who already had five children from previous marriages and whom she didn't love. She had three children with him. She didn't completely give up on music and kept giving piano lessons.

After her father’s death, Nannerl managed to garner all of his estate. Her relationship with her brother became strained and their correspondence ceased after 1788.

Preserving her brother’s memory 

Wolfgang died in 1791. Nannerl later encountered Franz Xaver Niemetschek’s biography of him and was deeply moved by it, learning of the difficult conditions he spent the end of his life:

“Herr Prof. Niemetschek's biography so completely reanimated my sisterly feelings toward my so ardently beloved brother that I was often dissolved in tears since it is only now that I became acquainted with the sad condition in which my brother found himself.”

She later helped Georg Niklaus von Nissen (who had married her brother’s widow, Constance) in writing a biography of Wolfgang by lending him an important collection of letters.

Nannerl became blind at the end of her life and died in 1829 at the age of 78.

Her fate leaves us wondering what she could have become in a more supportive environment and what her music could have sounded like. 

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Further reading:

Gault Philippe, "Mozart : Sa soeur Maria Anna, dite Nannerl, a-t-elle composé certaines œuvres signées Wolfgang ?"

Laleu Aliette de, Mozart était une femme : histoire de la musique classique au féminin

Melograni Piero, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: A biography

Milo Sylvia, "The lost genius of Mozart's sister"

Solomon Maynard, Mozart: A life

#nannerl mozart #mozart #wolfgang amadeus mozart #18th century #history #women in history #women's history #artists #composers #female artists #female composers #austria #classical music #maria anna mozart

[lowey0316]

Nannerl & Wolfgang

#mozart l'opera rock #wolfgang amadeus mozart #nannerl mozart #musical

[alili-cia]

Quick half-assed sketches because this damn musical lives in my head rent free now

#mozart l'opera rock #mor #mlor #wolfgang amadeus mozart #Nannerl Mozart #Antonio Salieri #using the 09 version since that’s the version I first watched lol #my art #mozart opera rock

[wo-der-horizont-beginnt]

RIP Nannerl Mozart you'd have loved bullet journaling

#nannerl mozart

[purecommemasolitude]

do you think she and salieri trade nail polish tips

#it took me three years to notice she has nail polish here #salieri takes a break from a long day of sabotaging mozart's career to write a letter to nannerl talking about the new brand of nail polish #he's found #nannerl mozart #og #mor #mozart l'opera rock #salieri #sort of. he gets mentioned

[adhariia]

•🌹 Geeks Days Rennes , Mozart l'Opéra Rock Group on scene 🌹•

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we are all incredibly proud of this prestation , and we all agree to say that this moment was out of time and magical ⭐💫 Thanks everyone 🖤

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• 🎻 Mozart : @rimb4ud

• 🌹 Salieris : skycosplayy (IG) & myself

• 🦋 Nannerl : hebikaeru._.cos / yukikicosplay3 (IG)

• 🌼 Constances : jimmoriartyty / shad0wlady_ (IG)

• 🍷 Rosenberg : prongsblack._ (IG)

• 🎥 Video by : norycosplay (IG)

→ Based on Mikelangelo Loconte , Florent Mothe , Maeva Meline , Claire Perot and Yamin Dib characters in Mozart L'opéra Rock , by Dove Attia and Albert Cohen ☁️

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[wannabe-british-fangirl]

~ books read in 2022 ~

#18: The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu

I am going to tell you a story you already know.

#2022 reading list #book aesthetic #book moodboard #the kingdom of back #marie lu #books #ya books #maria anna mozart #nannerl mozart #wolfgang amadeus mozart #mozart #family #sibling relationships #music #fantasy #historical fantasy #careful what you wish for

[stabs-cake-with-salieris-dagger]

I have yet to catch more specific potential references in tatoue moi music video other than unicorn mask and them filming at the same place as Amadeus, but I just want to say I think mor Nannerl and Amadeus Mozart crossover would be so cute and wholesome ;0

#Amadeus #mozart l'opera rock #wolfgang amadeus mozart #nannerl mozart #nannerl and maeva are both so sweet!!

[devils-acre]

Some Kingdom of Back Fanart!

#18th century #the kingdom of back #marie lu #character design #character illustration #historical fashion #18th century fashion #nannerl mozart #kingdom of back #1760s #1760s fashion #fanart #my art

[broadwaytwitter]

mozart l'opera rock twitter 3/?

#mozart l'opera rock #mozalieri #aloysia weber #contanze weber #nannerl mozart #wolfgang amadeus mozart #antonio salieri #first one is how six pieds sous terre went right

[52booksproject]

Book 13 The Kingdom of Back

It was time for a theme book, and boy was I ready for it, so I just puttered around the library's suggestions until I found Marie Lu's The Kingdom of Back. You may or may not know that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had an older sister, Maria Anna or "Nannerl" as everyone called her, who was every bit the child prodigy her brother was. She and her brother would travel Europe performing for the royalty and nobility of the lands. But all that travel time got very boring and the siblings invented a magical kingdom called Back to entertain them while they were traveling by carriage so much. Apparently a few historical fiction books have been written from Nannerl's point of view, but Lu takes the magical kingdom the siblings dreamed up and makes it a real place in the book.

Essentially this is Amadeus meets Labyrinth. Nannerl starts realizing her brother is going to overtake her, and as a boy he has the freedom to do whatever he wants in a way she does not. Enter the magical kingdom of Back where an impish boy declares himself to be Nannerl's guardian and makes a bargain to help her fulfill her desire not to be forgotten. Filled with real and magical events the book is a great read. I couldn't help but wonder if the real life Nannerl would recognize something of herself in the thoughts or if she would feel embarrassed as being depicted as being disobedient to her father and perhaps disloyal to her brother. Maybe there would be some of both. It was especially refreshing that the only racism was Mama Mozart's slight distaste for the Dutch. Of course sexism is a huge issue, but having the author be on the right side of things makes it easier to get through.

SHOULD YOU READ THIS BOOK? Sure, it's interesting and clever. Lu does a great job of rounding out Nannerl whether it's historically accurate or not (aside from the magic, obviously) which is a warning you have to put on every time you invent something about a historical figure.

ART PROJECT: There's a part where Nannerl has to get a sword from an ogre while she's in her nightgown. I sorely wanted to depict her in the huge wig she wore in all her portraits, but decided to go with the loose, flowing dark hair she had in the books when she wasn't in the wig. The reference picture of her face I used had some music painted in the background which I used to make a brush for the background of my picture.

#maria anna mozart #nannerl mozart #marie lu #kingdom of back #52books #52booksproject #amadeus #mozart #amadeus meets labyrinth

[commandersnips41]

A poem for W.A. Mozart's sister Nannerl

Nannerl

My pearl

You light up my worl

#nannerl mozart #classical music humor #mozart

[lowey0316]

[MOR]

Draw with my younger sister;)

#musical #mozart l'opera rock #mozart #mercutio #wolfgang amadeus mozart #nannerl mozart

[nonelysianthoughts]

Currently reading “The Kingdom of Back” by Marie Lu, and I can’t help but wonder, just how much more beauty and art has sexism and misogyny stolen from us?

#the kingdom of back #Marie Lu #nannerl mozart #sexism #music