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K-3
Illustrated by
Steve Johnson
&
Lou Fancher.
There was another Mozart prodigy: "At twelve, Maria was considered one of the best pianists in Europe." Not only did she tour with her soon-to-be-renowned little brother, she was his inspiration and playfellow. Rusch's text, echoing sonata form, is appropriately bittersweet. A two-page "encore" adds more about Maria. The illustrators evoke eighteenth-century Salzburg in collages of brocades overlaid with painted detail and musical notation. Bib.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2011