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Leopold Mozart

1719 - 1787

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Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a German composer, violinist, and music theorist. He is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule (1756). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leopold Mozart is the 27th most popular musician (down from 26th in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from Germany (down from 166th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Musician.

Leopold Mozart was a composer and a music teacher. He is most famous for being the father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

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Among musicians, Leopold Mozart ranks 27 out of 3,175. Before him are Elton John, Bon Scott, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Cat Stevens, and Władysław Szpilman. After him are Amir Khusrow, Giuseppe Tartini, Ringo Starr, Brian May, Sting, and Stuart Sutcliffe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1719, Leopold Mozart ranks 1. After him are Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Xenia of Saint Petersburg, Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, Jacques Cazotte, Gottfried Achenwall, Adel Shah, Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Christian Mayer, and Pierre Poivre. Among people deceased in 1787, Leopold Mozart ranks 2. Before him is Christoph Willibald Gluck. After him are Roger Joseph Boscovich, Alphonsus Liguori, Carl Friedrich Abel, Pompeo Batoni, Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Louise of France, Şahin Giray, Johann Karl August Musäus, William Watson, and Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Leopold Mozart ranks 194 out of 7,253. Before him are Georgius Agricola (1494), Hermann von Helmholtz (1821), Paul Heyse (1830), Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (1710), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900), and Friedrich Schlegel (1772). After him are Johann Christian Bach (1735), Ernst Röhm (1887), Friedrich Ebert (1871), Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (990), Jupp Heynckes (1945), and Walter Model (1891).

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Among MUSICIANS In Germany

Among musicians born in Germany, Leopold Mozart ranks 2. Before him are Clara Schumann (1819). After him are Till Lindemann (1963), Hans von Bülow (1830), Frank Farian (1941), Rudolf Schenker (1948), Carlos Kleiber (1930), James Last (1929), Wilhelm Kempff (1895), Klaus Nomi (1944), André Previn (1929), and Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1784).

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