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I Am Mozart, Too: The Lost Genius of Maria Anna Mozart



by
Audrey Ades
illustrated by
Adelina Lirius

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Macmillan
Imprint
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
ISBN
9780374314767
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A picture book biography about Wolfgang's older sister, Maria Anna Mozart, who was a child prodigy and a secret composer, perfect for Women's History Month.

To everyone who has heard of my famous younger brother, Wolfgang, but has never heard of me.

Maria Anna "Nannerl" Mozart makes music fit for angels. Songs pour from her like water over the Austrian riverbanks in springtime. When she and her brother play the harpsichord together, she feels confident and carefree.

But everything changes when Wolfgang plays a sonata Nannerl has composed. Papa fumes. Girls are not allowed to compose! Girls belong behind the curtain! Nannerl is pressed into a marriage after she turns eighteen that stifles her song, but her creativity and love for her brother still soars.

With vivid, evocative art by Adelina Lirius, author Audrey Ades tells a powerful story about music, feminism, ambition, and the girl who was and always will be a Mozart.

Further information. Suggestions for further reading. Timeline. Glossary. Bibliography. Full-color illustrations rendered digitally and in gouache.

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Details

Format

Print

Page Count

40

Trim Size

11" x 8 1/2"

Dewey

B

AR

3.4: points 0.5

Lexile

AD570L

Genre

Nonfic

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

Jun 2022

Book Genres

Narrative Nonfiction, Picture Book

Topics

Maria Anna Mozart (1751–1829). Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Women composers. Eighteenth-century music.

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Praise & Reviews

School Library Journal

Gr 4-6-Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart, nicknamed Nannerl, is the older sister of Wolfgang Mozart, the famous 18th-century Austrian composer. She calls him "Wolfie." In this work of creative nonfiction, Nannerl tells us her tale. Written in first person, her voice as imagined by the author, she tells us she was a talented composer and musician. Sadly, she was silenced by own father, who believed that young women were not supposed to play music. The narrative spans more than 30 years of her life. Nannerl has a happy, music-filled childhood and a somber, quiet adulthood. The story is told with lots of text per page; however, it is clearly written and well placed within the rich illustrations. Lirius's artwork is airy and lyrical. Bright yellow and pink pastels accent Nannerl's happy childhood days. When her father takes away her music, the entire family is clad in a suffocating blue. On the night Nannerl is separated from her brother, even the moon frowns. In the book's final pages, Wolfie dies. Nannerl remembers him by playing music once again. Her symphony is rendered as a fantastic city skyline with beautiful steeples and minarets limned by moonlight. Nannerl and Wolfie laugh cheerfully in the margin of her memory. Back matter explains the concept of creative nonfiction and lets readers know which story elements are fact and which are embellishments. Also included is a glossary of musical terms and a time line for Nannerl's life. VERDICT A must-buy for any collection. Not only is this a story that needs to be shared, but the back matter educates young readers on critical reading distinctions.-Chance Lee Joyner

Praise & Reviews

School Library Journal

Gr 4-6-Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart, nicknamed Nannerl, is the older sister of Wolfgang Mozart, the famous 18th-century Austrian composer. She calls him "Wolfie." In this work of creative nonfiction, Nannerl tells us her tale. Written in first person, her voice as imagined by the author, she tells us she was a talented composer and musician. Sadly, she was silenced by own father, who believed that young women were not supposed to play music. The narrative spans more than 30 years of her life. Nannerl has a happy, music-filled childhood and a somber, quiet adulthood. The story is told with lots of text per page; however, it is clearly written and well placed within the rich illustrations. Lirius's artwork is airy and lyrical. Bright yellow and pink pastels accent Nannerl's happy childhood days. When her father takes away her music, the entire family is clad in a suffocating blue. On the night Nannerl is separated from her brother, even the moon frowns. In the book's final pages, Wolfie dies. Nannerl remembers him by playing music once again. Her symphony is rendered as a fantastic city skyline with beautiful steeples and minarets limned by moonlight. Nannerl and Wolfie laugh cheerfully in the margin of her memory. Back matter explains the concept of creative nonfiction and lets readers know which story elements are fact and which are embellishments. Also included is a glossary of musical terms and a time line for Nannerl's life. VERDICT A must-buy for any collection. Not only is this a story that needs to be shared, but the back matter educates young readers on critical reading distinctions.-Chance Lee Joyner

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