!!!Viennese Classic - Early Period
!!Leopold Mozart: ''Farmer´s wedding'' (Sinfonia in D)

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height='250' alt='Bauernhochzeit aus dem 18. Jh'
caption='Bauernhochzeit aus dem 18. Jh. (a farmer's wedding in the 18th century)\\© Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum, Abteilung für Volkskunde (Foto: Helmut Schubert, Graz)' width='375'}]

Leopold Mozart (1719 Augsburg/Germany
- 1787 Salzburg), the father of Wolfgang
Amadeus, was a violinist and vice-chapelmaster at the archepiscopal
court  in Salzburg. His claim to fame in music history stems mostly
from his early encouragement of his son's musical talents. His
pedagogical skills are however also evident in his violin school, which
he published in 1756. Mozart sen. also composed ''popular'' and
recommended his son to do the same. His Sinfonia ''Die Bauernhochzeit''
(The farmer's wedding) was designed for courtly entertainment as
well as for middle-class musical performance. It is particularly
characteristic for him to use crude realism, which gave his
compositions their popular, carefree character. (E. Stadler)



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caption='Leopold Mozart: Bauernhochzeit (farmer's wedding) (Sinfonia in D)\\© Mit freundlicher Genehmigung der "edel" Gesellschaft für Produktmarketing mbH/Deutschland'}]



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