Interview: "The Other Mozart" Playwright Sylvia Milo on the Forgotten Legacy of the Composer's Sister
When we hear the name "Mozart," we think, of course, of Wolfgang Amadeus, the composer whose music and life story remains so present in our modern culture. There was, however, another Mozart: his older sister, Maria Anna "Nannerl" Mozart. Also a musical child prodigy, Nannerl toured Europe with her little brother as a child, playing the piano with exquisite skill. When she became old enough to marry, however, she was…