Search results
Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a German composer, violinist, and music theorist. He is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule (1756).
May 24, 2024 · Leopold Mozart (born November 14, 1719, Augsburg [Germany]—died May 28, 1787, Salzburg, Archbishopric of Salzburg [Austria]) was a German violinist, teacher, and composer. He was the father and principal teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, born on November 14, 1719, in Augsburg, Germany, is primarily celebrated today as the father and mentor of the legendary classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Jan 14, 2023 · Leopold Mozart was an accomplished musician and composer who lived in the 18th century. He was the father of the more famous Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Leopold and his wife, Anna Maria, had seven children together, but only two survived to adulthood: Maria Anna (known as Nannerl) and Wolfgang Amadeus.
Jan 9, 2024 · The death of Mozart’s father, Leopold, on May 28, 1787, was a devastating blow to the young composer. Leopold had been not only Mozart’s teacher and mentor, but also his closest friend and confidant.
Nov 14, 2019 · Leopold Mozart is best known for his Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule (A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing). Published in 1756, the year of Wolfgang’s birth, this pedagogical work was considered the major violin tutor of its time.
Composer, violinist and theorist; father of W. A. Mozart. The son of an Augsburg bookbinder, Leopold Mozart matriculated at the Salzburg Benedictine University in 1737 but was expelled in September 1739 for poor attendance and a failure to show proper deference to his professors and the university establishment.
Related searches
