Full name: For the Love of Music: The Remarkable Story of Maria Anna Mozart

Author: Elizabeth Rusch Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Biographies, Music, Non Fiction, History Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781582463261 1582463263

By the time she was 12, she was considered one of the finest pianists in Europe, but today few people know her name. Maria Mozart, like her famous brother Wolfgang, was a musical prodigy. The talented siblings toured Europe, playing before kings and empresses, were showered with gifts and favors, and lived in a whirlwind life of music and travel. They were best friends, collaborators, and confidantes. As they grew older, Wolfgang was encouraged to pursue his musical ambitions, while Maria was told she must stop performing and, ultimately, marry. But she was determined to continue playing the piano every day, for the love of music . . . . Similar books: Mozart by Maynard Solomon Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow: A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix by Gary Golio Muddy by Michael Mahin Zappa by Barry Miles 'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky by David Henderson Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? by Yona Zeldis McDonough On Some Faraway Beach by David Sheppard Django by Bonnie Christensen Bad Seed by Ian Johnston Twenty Thousand Roads by David Meyer Mozart by Wolfgang Hildesheimer Further Adventures of a Grumpy Old Rock Star by Rick Wakeman Nick Drake by Patrick Humphries Dream Boogie by Peter Guralnick Redemption Song by Chris Salewicz Electrical Wizard by Elizabeth Rusch When Marian Sang by Pam Munoz Ryan Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown Mahalia Jackson by Nina Nolan Ballet for Martha by Jan Greenberg