Saturday, November 14

On this day...


On this day in 1719, Leopold Mozart was born in Augsburg. Leopold is remembered today primarily as the teacher of his more famous offspring, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule. Leopold's most well known work is the "Cassation in G for Orchestra and Toys", or more commonly referred to as "The Toy Symphony":

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