Leopold Mozart
Composer ‧ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's father
Johann Georg Leopold Mozart was a German composer, violinist, and theorist. He is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule. Wikipedia
Born: November 14, 1719, Augsburg, Germany
Died: May 28, 1787 (age 67 years), Salzburg, Austria
Children: Maria Anna Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Leopold Joachim Mozart, and more
Parents: Johann Georg Mozart and Anna Maria Sulzer
Spouse: Anna Maria Mozart (m. 1747–1778)
Grandchildren: Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Karl Thomas Mozart, Leopold Alois Pantaleon, and more
Notable work: Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule (1756)