Talk:Leopold Mozart

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[edit] Expulsion from university

Does anyone know why Leopold was expelled from university? 83.5.249.115 08:13, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

Apparently he attended it poorly. He was quite calm when he summoned by the directors and expelled. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.79.236.35 (talk) 02:47, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Moving a passage to this talk page

Hello, I've just moved this from the article to this page:

Most critics would agree that he reached a high point of his creativity around 1760. After that, the amount of time he put into composing as well as teaching violin gradually decreased until 1771, when he wrote his last composition. He did, however still concentrate on his job as Kappellmeister as well as many of his and his son's concerts all around the world. He did however mention that he hated those in a letter to his daughter. He wrote, "Every day there are concerts; and the whole time is given up to teaching, music, composing and so forth. I feel rather out of it all. If only the concerts were over! It is impossible for me to describe the rush and bustle."^[1][2]

The first two sentences repeat material given earlier. Leopold wasn't a Kapellmeister. His son didn't perform all over the world, just parts of Western Europe.

The letter is quoted out of context: it comes from the time (1785) of Leopold's visit to Wolfgang and Constanze in Vienna. Most of the letters from this visit indicate that Leopold was very happy to observe his son's success at first hand; for discussion, see Solomon 1995, 346. The letter quoted here was an exception; it expressed the old man's fatigue at following around after Wolfgang on a daily basis, during a very hectic phase of the latter's career. Opus33 16:07, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Johann Georg Mozart

An article was just added on Leopold's father. Is anything of substance actually known about him? If so, please add it to keep the article from otherwise very likely deletion. If not, please change to a redirect. DGG (talk) 17:07, 22 February 2008 (UTC)