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Leopold Mozart
(1719–1787)
BIRTH
November 14, 1719
PLACE
Augsburg, Bavaria
DEATH
May 28, 1787
PLACE
Mozart Residence, Salzburg
FAMILY
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Leopold Mozart was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s father, a Salzburg court musician, violin teacher and author.
EARLY LIFE
He taught and promoted his children Wolfgang and Maria Anna, organized their tours and wrote a well known violin instruction treatise.
CAREER
DEATH
Leopold was seriously ill by April 1787, when his son Wolfgang wrote to him from Vienna. A contemporary Salzburg death notice records his death on May 28 at the Dance Master's House and describes the illness as 'Auszehrung' (wasting or consumption), without a modern diagnosis.
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