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Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719
– May 28, 1787) was a composer, music
teacher and violinist. He was born in the city of
Augsburg (today Germany), and was legal citizen of
the Diocese of Salzburg, but spent a lot of time
in Vienna, Austria, (all within the Holy Roman
Empire of German Nation). He is best known today
for being the father and teacher of Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart, but was a well-known figure
himself in his own time.


Leopold Mozart was the son of a book
binding|bookbinder. He studied theology at
Salzburg, Austria|Salzburg University, but was
more interested in music, becoming a violinist and
valet to one of the university's canons, Count
Thurn und Taxis, in 1740. In 1747 he married Anna
Maria Pertl, who bore him seven children, although
only two of them survived: Maria Anna Wallburga
Ignatia (called "Nannerl") and Wolfgang Amadeus.
In 1756, the same year as Wolfgang Amadeus' birth,
Leopold wrote his Versuch einer gründlichen
Violinschule, a comprehensive treatise on violin
playing. Today it is one of the main sources on
authentic performance|performance practice in the
18th century, along with Johann Joachim Quantz's
Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte
traversière zu spielen (on flute playing) and
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Versuch über die
wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen (on Musical
keyboard|keyboard playing). His popular Cassation
in G for Orchestra and Toys (Toy Symphony) was
once attributed to Joseph Haydn. Leopold Mozart
died on May 28, 1787, in Salzburg. 

==External links==
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http://www.otago.ac.nz/DeepSouth/vol2no3/nancy1.ht
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Violinschule

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