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Hello.   I am do research on Maria Theresa von Paradis.   I can find a small bit of information about her father and nothing on her mother.   Could you help me out?

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Try these resources if you haven't already:
Grove's Dictionary of Music
Harvard Dictionary of Music (Apel et al.)
Music in the Classic Era (Rosen)
Performance Practices in Classical Piano Music (Rosenblum)

various general music history books (Lang, etc.)

You probably can find more bibliotic-type lists on Wikipedia.  Whether this list is accurate I do not know; one always should take any Wiki material with a smallish grain of salt.  By far, those who write the articles do so with greatest care and with commendable scholarship.  Since these articles are not juried by peers, however, so if you do not know the writer, do not take any information as absolutely as correct as it can be.

You might also do some research on Mozart, Haydn, and Salieri to see if you can find any cross-references.  I'd also poke around general articles on music/cultural life in Vienna during that period.

If you locate any recordings, there may be liner notes that would point to some references for you.

Hope this helps.
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