Maria Anna Mozart

Maria Anna Mozart, called Nannerl, trained under her father Leopold in Salzburg and became an outstanding keyboard player as a child. She toured Europe as a celebrated prodigy alongside her younger brother Wolfgang Amadeus, performing through much of the continent. At 17 the touring ended, and she stayed home teaching piano and performing occasionally. At 33 she married and moved to a village six hours by carriage from Salzburg, where she raised her own children and her husband's. When he died in 1801, she returned to Salzburg, resumed teaching and performance, and in her later years contributed to the biographical study of Wolfgang. She composed works, but no manuscripts survive.