Mozart, Leopold

Period: Baroque

Born: Tuesday, November 14, 1719 in Augsburg, Germany

Died: Monday, May 28, 1787 in Salzburg, Austria

Nation of Origin: Germany

Major Works:

Instructional publications for the Violin
Toy Symphony

Other Information:

Leopold Mozart is the father of Wolfgang Amadeus Market. His place of birth is in the Bavarian region of Germany but he is more closely associated with Austria, where he worked.

General Bibliography:

Bukofzer, Manfred F., Music in the Baroque Era, from Monteverdi to Bach, W.W. Norton & Company, November 1947, ISBN: 0393097455

Palisca, Claude V. Baroque Music, Prentice Hall, December 1990, ISBN: 0130584967

Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257

Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2004, ISBN: 0195170679

Rutherford-Johnson, Tim, Kennedy, Michael, and Kennedy, Joyce The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 6th Edition, 2012, ISBN: 0199578109


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