Nannerl, the Mozart genius that could not be and the great influence of Amadeus

On January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria, he came into the world Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartconsidered one of the best composers and the most influential in the history of music, master of classicism and a genius who wrote his first works with just five years.

The story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is already known. Early musician, famous during his life, who came to work in the court of Vienna, but that went through economic difficulties and that with just 35 years he died in Vienna, on December 5, 1791.

However, Amadeus was not the only Mozart that was considered a genius to compose in an early age, but was also the case of his sister, María Annafour years older, and that was a clear influence on its composition, especially in the first years of his life.

María Anna, the other Mozart family genius

María Anna was the fourth daughter of the marriage of musicians formed by Leopold and Anna María Mozartwho had seen how the previous three had not survived the days of being born, and whose “blessing of God” soon nannerl, which means precisely that.

In their childhood, Amadeus and María Anna were inseparable and shared the love for the composition, because Leopold had instructed both of strengthening their musical talent, and thus, their two children were taken to tour through Europe between 1763 and 1766, what that attributed fame after having also managed to play in front of Empress María Teresa de Austriamother of which she would be queen of France, Maria Antonieta.

The influence of ‘Nannerl’ on his brother Amadeus

On that tour in the mid -18th century, ‘Nannerl’ was considered one of the best music in Europe and a genius, because it was even said that he had more talent than his brother’s, which idolized her and was her great inspiration for the that were his first compositions. In this sense, the possible fact that the first compositions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart could have been written with their sister has been studied.

Despite her talent, María Anna Mozart would never have the fame and recognition that her brother Amadeus did have because with 18 years her father separated her from the stage and married her, which made her retire to a town near Salzburg. It would not be until 50, already a widow and in the care of her two children when she would dedicate himself to music as a teacher, with what was sustained.