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Also Known As Johann Georg Leopold Mozart
Born November 14, 1719 • Augsburg • Germany
Died May 28, 1787 (aged 67) • Salzburg • Austria
Notable Family Members son Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Károly Flesch
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Rodolphe Kreutzer
French composer
Leopold Damrosch
German violinist and conductor
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach
German composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
German musician and composer
Anne-Sophie Mutter
German musician
C.P.E. Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
German composer
Paul Hindemith.
Paul Hindemith
German composer
Hans Werner Henze.
Hans Werner Henze
German composer
Louis Spohr
German musician
Max Bruch
Max Bruch
German composer
Scherchen, 1954–55 season
Hermann Scherchen
German conductor
August Wilhelmj
German violinist
Philipp Jarnach
German composer
John Creach
American musician
Wojciech Adalbert Zywny
Polish musician
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer