itals of Europe. In 1765 in London, she received top billing in concert advertisements written by her father. That changed when the children grew older. Because Mozart was the younger of the two, and because he preformed his own compositions, Mozart became the star and Nannerl the supporting player. Mozart thought highly of his sister's ability. In September 1781 he wrote to her from Vienna: "...believe me, you could earn a great deal of money in Vienna, by playing private concerts and giving piano lessons. You would be very much in demand -- and you would be well paid." But it was not to be. Nannerl indeed became a piano teacher, but in "this dull Salzburg," as she called it. In the wake of her brother's perceived rebellion, she surrendered control of her life to her father -- even her choice of suitors who, one by one, were turned away by Leopold. In 1784, she married the magistrate John Baptist Franz von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg and moved to St. Gilgen; but she returned to Salzburg to give birth to her first son, and left the newborn there in Leopold's care. Nannerl eventually grew more distant from Mozart, especially after his marriage to Constanze Weber. Their next time they met where after Leopold's death, there affections for each other had all disappeared. Mozart's brief letters to her dealt almost exclusively with the disposition of their father's estate. After her husband's death, Maria Anna returned to Salzburg and supported herself once again by giving piano lessons. When she died she was buried in the family plot next to Leopold where 13 years later Constanze would join her. Leopold Mozart: Born: Augsburg, November 14, 1719 Died: Salzburg, May 28, 1787 History has not been nice to Leopold Mozart. Biographers criticize him for being an overprotective and exploitative parent. Psychoanlysis detected a darker pattern of manipulation in Leopold's relationship with his children, especially his relationship with his son. On stage a...
