Johann Georg Leopold Mozart was a composer, music teacher and violinist. He was born in the city of Augsburg (Germany), and was legally a citizen of the Diocese of Salzburg (now in Austria), but spent much of his time in Vienna, Austria, (all within the Holy Roman Empire). He is best known today for being the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as writing the well-known book, "Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule", but in his time, … Wikipedia
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In 1756, the same year as Wolfgangs birth, Leopold Mozart published his Versuch einer grndlichen Violinschule with the firm of J. J. Lotter in Augsburg. www.otago.ac.nz/DeepSouth/vol2no3/nancy1.html
Father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Composer and an internationally-recognized instructor. His treatise on violin instruction, "Violinschule" (1756), was translated into several languages and became a standard text throughout Europe. His wife and his mothe www.imdb.com/name/nm1574028/