Mozart's Sister: A Novel (44 page)

The relationship between Wolfgang and Nannerl, very affectionate in childhood, passed through moments of cold hostility and was then extinguished altogether; in the last years of Wolfgang’s life, the two had no contact. After the death of the maestro, however, his sister contributed greatly to the promotion of his memory, collaborating with his biographers, authenticating his compositions, and overseeing their publication.

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Originally published in Italy as
La sorella di Mozart
by Casa Editrice Corbaccio s.r.l., Milan, in 2006. Copyright © 2006 by Casa Editrice Corbaccio s.r.l., Milano.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Charbonnier, Rita.

[Sorella di Mozart. English]

Mozart’s sister: a novel / Rita Charbonnier; translated by Ann Goldstein.

1. Berchtold zu Sonnenburg, Maria Anna Mozart, Reichsfreiin von, 1751–1829—Fiction. I. Goldstein, Ann, 1949–II. Title.

PQ4903.H37S6713 2007

823’.6—dc22       2007020750

eISBN: 978-0-307-40562-3

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