January 2009
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WatchMozart’s Sister Literary Party in Rome. You don’t have to understand Italian to enjoy this video!
December 2008
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Mozart's Sister: A Novel, pg. 85
Leopold: Just tell me one thing, Wolfgang. Has any music of Nannerl's been published under your name?
Nannerl: No, papa! I would never...
Leopold: Be quiet!
Wolfgang: Everything that has been published is mine, and no one else's.
Leopold: You're telling the truth? I cannot tolerate the idea that your work is spurious, do you understand?
Wolfgang: I am the first to be careful about the integrity of my work.
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November 2008
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If the music of the Italian language is familiar...
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…and second part of the radio programme. It...
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“A Kapellmeister from Salzburg, by the name of Mozart, has just arrived in Paris...”
– Friedrich Melchior von Grimm. Correspondance littéraire, December 1st, 1763
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October 2008
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Mozart's Sister: A Novel, pg. 173
Wolfgang: Did you see what character she has? That's why she plays so well.
Nannerl: She's just a megalomaniac with big hands.
Wolfgang: If you think you're better than she is, show it.
Nannerl: But why? I have no desire to play 'against' someone.
Wolfgang: With someone, against someone, what's the difference? In my opinion you're afraid of losing.
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“My dear sister! I’m amazed to discover that you can compose so delightfully. In...”
– Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Letter to his sister Maria Anna (nicknamed “Nannerl”), July 7th, 1770
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WatchMozart’s Sister Trailer. The background music is the Allegro movement from Concerto No. 1 in D major KV 107 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
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If you understand Italian, or are studying it, try...
September 2008
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