Mozarts sister by nancy moser biography

 Mozart’s Sister by Nancy Moser tells the story of Maria Anna Mozart, known as Nannerl, Mozart&#;s older sister by four and a half years. The two of them were the only surviving children of seven, the other five having died in infancy. When their father started giving Nannerl lessons on the harpsichord, Wolfgang, then three, wanted to learn, too, to be like his sister. He picked it up quickly, as well as other instruments, and was composing by age five, completing his first symphony by age eight. Their father took them on tours from their native Salzburg to various royal courts and other venues in European cities like Munich, Vienna, Paris, London, Zurich, and others as the Wunderkind &#; Miracle Children. Their father, Leopold, even lied about their ages, making them out to be even younger than they were so as to play up the &#;Wunder&#; even more. Nannerl received top billing at first and was well-known for her playing, but &#;Wolfie&#; seemed even more a pro Karen witemeyer.