MARIA THERESIA VON PARADIS

Maria Theresia von Paradis was a pianist, composer, singer, and performer whose life touched the Classical world of Vienna. The musician from Austria, blind from childhood, became known as a virtuoso and as the dedicatee or possible inspiration behind works connected with Mozart and his circle. Her tag connects disability history, Classical performance, and the social life of late 18th-century music.

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  Maria Theresia von Paradis was a contemporary of Mozart and Haydn. She achieved significant glory as both a composer and...