Johann Georg Leopold [Leopold] Mozart (14/11/1719 - 28/05/1789), an German composer, from Augsburg, moved to Austria. He wrote an important book: Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule (Augsburg, 1756), which passed through many editions in several languages and was for long the standard method for the violin. Leopold is the father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791).
| Source: | Grove's dictionary of music and musicians |
| Contributor: | Tassos Dimitriadis (picture)
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Requiem
| Period: | Classicism |
| Musical form: | fragments |
| Text/libretto: | Latin mass |
Leopold Mozart wrote one "Sanctus" - "Agnus Dei" in C major, which is lost.
| Author: | Tassos Dimitriadis |
Among the many predecessors and contemporaries of Mozart who contribute to the repertory of the requiem in the 18th century is Leopold Mozart, father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
| Author: | James W. Pruett |
| Source: | The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
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