Post #3689107

2026-07-09 07:37 UTC

TIL that Mozart had a sister who was also a child prodigy but whose music career ended at 17 because it was understood that she was supposed to get married rather than continue performing. She was described as one of the greatest piano players in Europe when she was a kid. The fact that I didn't even know of her existence until today kinda says it all, doesn't it.

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@MamaLake@beige.party 2026-07-09 09:13

@oddtail@meow.social let's write a song about her: Mozart had a sister She was better than him Married, mothered, forgotten Her chance was always slim

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@Nikkileah@mendeddrum.org 2026-07-09 09:16

@oddtail@meow.social I was very, dimly aware of Salieri but it was The Simpsons that actually made me want to know more with them using Bart as Mozart & Lisa as Salieri

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@kinkkong@kinkycats.org 2026-07-09 17:33

@oddtail@meow.social Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia "Marianne" Mozart https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Anna_Mozart

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@eveaustria@mastodon.social 2026-07-10 23:05

@oddtail@meow.social Even more shameful that I as an Austrian born and raised her, also my Austrian peers never learned anything about Mozart's sister "Nannerl" in school; and we had music lessons from childhood until graduation... So I had no idea about her existence until I saw a documentary made by (subject to public law) Austrian TV station ORF around last year or so. Performing in public was equal to prostitution for a woman back in those times it said.

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@htwj@mastodon.coffee 2026-07-10 18:37

@oddtail@meow.social @liebach@mastodon.art let’s say her name! That would be Maria Anna Mozart, right? (Per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Anna_Mozart - correct me if I’m wrong please)

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@chiraag@mastodon.online 2026-07-10 21:12

@oddtail@meow.social Wow, just found her Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Anna_Mozart

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