Mozart, Maria Anna |
| PIANIST, PIANO TEACHER (HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE) |
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BORN 30 Jul 1751, Salzburg - DIED 29 Oct 1829, Salzburg BIRTH NAME Moozart, Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia GRAVE LOCATION Salzburg: St. Petersfriedhof, Domplatz (Kommunengruft, Crypt 54 (near the entrance to the catacombs)) |
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Maria Anna Mozart was the daughter of Leopold Mozart his wife Anna Maria. She was the older sister of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. her family and friends called her Nannerl. When she was eleven years old, she was able to play complicated sonatas on the piano. Together with Amadeus she appeared in many concerts in Europe. After she was old enough to marry her father concentrated fully on her brother. After Leopold Mozart refused her hand to Franz Armand D'Ippold, she married Reichsfreiherr Berchtold von Sonnenburg (1736-1801) on 23 August 1784. He was fifteen years her senior. He already had five children from his two previous marriages and together they had three more children. They lived in St. Gilgen. After her husband died in 1801, she returned to Salzburg where she was a well respected piano teacher. After she was struck with blindness in 1825, she was forced to give up teaching. She died in Salzburg in 1829. Related persons • was a friend of Tomaselli, Giuseppe Events |
| 10/7/1763 | Mozart visits Niccolò Jommelli in Ludwigsburg. He arrived on 9 July with his father and his sister Maria Anna. After tier visit they wanted to continue they journey, but their were no fresh horses available and they spent another night at Gasthaus Waldhorn in Ludwigsburg. [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus] |
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 The grave of Johann Michael Haydn and Maria Anna Mozart at the St. Petersfriedhof, Salzburg. Picture by Androom (27 Aug 2009) |
 The grave of Johann Michael Haydn and Maria Anna Mozart at the St. Petersfriedhof, Salzburg. Picture by Androom (27 Aug 2009) |
Sources • Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (editie 1909), 1909 • Maria Anna Mozart - Wikipedia (DE) • Niccolò Jommelli - Wikipedia (DE) |
