Preview | Mozart's Sister
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Learn the untold story of Maria Anna Mozart, Wolfgang’s older sister and collaborator.
Maria Anna Mozart was a musical prodigy just like her younger brother Wolfgang. Although the children toured Europe together, once Maria Anna came of age, she was left behind while her brother became a star. But controversial new evidence suggests she may have contributed to her brother’s earliest works while a global search for her compositions continues.
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Preview | Mozart's Sister
Preview: Season 21 Episode 5 | 32sVideo has Closed Captions
Maria Anna Mozart was a musical prodigy just like her younger brother Wolfgang. Although the children toured Europe together, once Maria Anna came of age, she was left behind while her brother became a star. But controversial new evidence suggests she may have contributed to her brother’s earliest works while a global search for her compositions continues.
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- Three hundred years later, people are still listening to Mozart.
- Perhaps, Wolfgang wrote the melody, and she orchestrated the whole thing.
I think it's safe to say it was a collaboration.
- What we would have to find is her music calligraphy on a first draft.
Mozart's Sister... on Secrets of the Dead.
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Another Composer in the Mozart Family?
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Clip: S21 Ep5 | 2m 25s | Letters between siblings Wolfgang and Maria Anna Mozart suggest she, too, composed music. (2m 25s)
Clues in Maria Anna Mozart's Childhood Notebook
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Clip: S21 Ep5 | 1m 30s | Is there evidence Maria Anna Mozart composed music recorded in her childhood notebook? (1m 30s)
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