Maria Magdalena Keverich...Who was she?

[gvans]

Who was Maria Magdalena Keverich? Justyna Krzyżanowska? Maria Anna Lagar? Victorine Manoury?

And why might we think of them on this coming Sunday, May 12?

[j_menz]

Who was Maria Magdalena Keverich? Justyna Krzyżanowska? Maria Anna Lagar? Victorine Manoury?

Proof that the fruit sometimes falls far from the tree?

And why might we think of them on this coming Sunday, May 12?

I've already sent my cards.

EDIT: Curiously, I can neither think of, nor find, any piece dedicated to any of them. Alexandra Karlovna was it appears luckier in that regard.

[birba]

Clever!!!  Until i looked up the names i had NO idea what you guys were talking about!   

[j_menz]

Apparently three of them shared, apart from the obvioous connection, a pretty dubious taste in bonnets:

   

Odd one out?

[birba]

Oh, i don't know, i think they're rather gay!

[gvans]

Note that Victorine de Bussy nee Manoury is NOT wearing a bonnet! Of the four, as best I can tell, she was the worst mother. She slapped her kids frequently and was more than happy to ship all five off permanently, letting Manuel de Bussy's sister raise them in Cannes.

[karenvcruz]

Maria Magdalena Keverich was the mother of Beethoven. am looking up the others