Scholarly Abstractions: Leopold Mozart

Yung, Sea Hua.  A Conductor’s Guide to Representative Choral Music of Leopold Mozart (1719-87). Doctor of Musical Arts dissertation.  University of Cincinnnati College-Conservatory of Music, 2012

 

       Leopold Mozart (1719-87) was a well-known musician to his contemporaries and his music was widely circulated. Although he is now primarily known as a violin instructor and court musician, his choral output is significant and was an important contribution to eighteenth-century Salzburg choral music.  In this document, representative works will be chosen and discussed in detail to provide a conductor’s guide to Leopold Mozart’s choral compositions.

       In Chapter I, a brief summary of Leopold Mozart’s biography will be provided. An overview of Leopold’s choral output and compositional style, a review of the available sources and editions of his choral compositions, and the general features of his choral music will also be discussed. In Chapters II, III, and IV, selected works will be examined in various ways. Graphs, including structural analysis, key area, texture, and text incipit, will be provided along with a detailed discussion of Leopold’s compositional techniques. Performance issues will be discussed,and solutions will be suggested.

 

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