Leopold Mozart

Leopold Mozart
Elderly man in a brown coat
Leopold Mozart, about 1765
Born
Johann Georg Leopold Mozart

(1719-11-14)November 14, 1719
DiedMay 28, 1787(1787-05-28) (aged 67)
Salzburg, Holy Roman Empire
Occupations
  • Composer
  • violinist
  • music theorist
Notable workVersuch einer gründlichen Violinschule (1756)
Spouse
(m. 1747; died 1778)
FamilyMozart family
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Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a German composer, violinist, and music theorist.[1] He is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule (1756).

  1. ^ Grove