Ontario Review Press / W.W. Norton, 2001

Wolfgang Mozart’s older sister was arguably as talented as he but not given the same encouragement and instruction; indeed she was told by her father not to compose.  This biography in poetry covers Nannerl’s life from the time she is a Wunderkind to her death as Maria Anna Walpurga Ignatia née Mozart von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg.

Listen and read: “Pros & Cons: a Marriage of Convenience“