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Piano prodigy baby sister murder2/20/2023 ![]() ![]() The two siblings shared a love of music and science, and Caroline worked as her brother’s assistant, providing technical support for the telescopes he built. As a young woman, she moved from her family’s home in Hanover to join her brother in England. But Herschel’s younger sister Caroline, born a dozen years after her brother, was also a seriously accomplished astronomer. Herschel also served as King George III’s official Court Astronomer, became president of the Royal Astronomical Society, and identified thousands of star clusters. The Print Collector via Getty ImagesĪstronomer Sir William Herschel gets the credit for discovering, in March 1781, that Uranus was in fact a planet and not a star, as other astronomers had thought. William Herschel was appointed court astronomer by King George III. Although some scholars dismiss Nannerl’s talent, others stress that her early interest (and success) in music deeply influenced and inspired her younger brother’s career. Still, Nannerl continued to compose music, and Mozart praised his sister’s work. Nannerl wrote down (or possibly collaborated on) her brother’s first symphony, but her father made her stop performing once she turned 18. Nannerl and her younger brother also toured together, wowing audiences with their harpsichord performances. Her technical skills earned her a reputation as a prodigy and one of the best pianists in Europe. Born in 1751, five years before her brother, Maria Anna Mozart (nicknamed Nannerl) played piano to audiences across Europe before she hit her teens. We remember musical wunderkind Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for his instantly recognizable symphonies and concertos, but his older sister paved the way for him to become one of history’s most famous classical composers. Left to right: Leopold Mozart his son, Wolfgang Amadeus and his daughter, Maria Anna Mozart. Louisa raised her niece until her own death eight years later, at which point Lulu went back to Europe to live with her father. ![]() The two sisters were so close that May named her baby daughter Louisa (nicknamed "Lulu"), and just before May died in 1879 (a month after childbirth), she told her husband to send baby Lulu to Louisa in Massachusetts. Abigail (who went by May) had shown vast artistic promise as a child and young adult, even covering the walls and window frames in the family home with sketches of people and animals, and Louisa used a portion of her new-found fortune to further May's training.Īfter studying art in Boston, London, Rome, and Paris, May lived in France and earned spots for her still life and oil paintings in the Paris Salon’s exhibitions. But Louisa’s youngest sister-the inspiration for Amy March in Little Women-was an accomplished artist in her own right. ![]() Louisa May Alcott is best known for her bestselling novel Little Women, which she based on her experience growing up with three sisters. Louisa May Alcott / Culture Club/Getty Images Before they died, the Brothers Grimm gave lectures and began work on a comprehensive German dictionary. Besides working together, Jacob also lived with Wilhelm and his wife, and Wilhelm named his first son Jacob. After gathering folk tales from books and committing oral stories to paper, the Brothers Grimm published collections of these stories, including Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, and Rumpelstiltskin. ![]() Wilhelm worked as his brother’s library assistant, and because Napoleon had recently conquered much of Germany, the two brothers wanted to help their fellow Germans preserve their culture’s stories. Jacob went to work as his professor’s library assistant, and he later became the royal librarian for the new King of Westphalia, Jerome-Napoleon Bonaparte ( that Napoleon's younger brother). Their family struggled financially, but both brothers were able to study law at the University of Marburg. Born in modern-day Germany in 17, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were young boys when their father died. Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesĮven if you know nothing about the Brothers Grimm, you’ve no doubt read versions of the fairy tales and folk stories they compiled. ![]()
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