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Joseph Leutgeb (or Leitgeb) (October 6,〔Michael Lorenz: ("A Little Leitgeb Research" ), Vienna 2013〕 1732, Neulerchenfeld – February 27, 1811, Vienna) was an outstanding horn player of the classical era, a friend and musical inspiration for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ==Life== Little is known of his early years. The composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf stated that Leutgeb performed in Vienna in the early 1750s for Prince Hildburghausen. During the early 1760s, Leutgeb's career flourished; according to Daniel Heartz, he "was the most prominent horn soloist in Vienna, and evidently one of the best received players on any solo instrument.".〔Heartz (1995, 277)〕 It is recorded that during the period 21 November 1761 to 28 January 1763 he performed horn concertos by Leopold Hofmann, Michael Haydn and Dittersdorf at the Burgtheater. Heartz suggests that at this time (1762) Joseph Haydn wrote his Concerto in D, Hob. VIId/3D, for Leutgeb. The two were likely friends, as on 3 July 1763 Haydn's wife served as godmother for Leutgeb's child Maria Anna Apollonia.〔Pisarowitz 1970, 22. Contrary to the assumption of Heartz (1995,277) and Fuchs (2009) Haydn did not stand godparent of Leutgeb's daughter. (Lorenz 2013 ).〕 Michael Lorenz has recently shown that Leutgeb's signature can be found on the autograph score of Haydn's Horn concerto.〔(Lorenz 2013 )〕 In February 1763 Leutgeb was briefly a part of the musical establishment of the Esterházy family, directed at the time by Haydn. He was paid a "high yearly salary"〔New Grove〕 but departed, for reasons unknown, after only one month. In the same year Leutgeb moved to Salzburg and joined the musical establishment of the ruling Prince-Archbishop; and thus became a colleague of Leopold Mozart and (later the same year), the Konzertmeister Michael Haydn.〔Haydn's appointment took effect 14 August 1763; New Grove article "Michael Haydn"〕 He also made friends with a seven-year-old child prodigy, Leopold's son Wolfgang. A letter to friends from Leopold, traveling with his family on tour (20 August 1763), includes a list of people that Wolfgang told Leopold he missed; Leutgeb was one of them.〔Küstler 1996, 227〕 Wolfgang was ultimately employed by the court music establishment and thus became Leutgeb's colleague. Like Leopold and Wolfgang, Leutgeb took frequent leaves from his job to perform in other cities, including Paris, Vienna, Frankfurt, and cities in Italy; the three of them actually toured together in Italy in February 1773.〔Steinberg 1998, 276〕 In Milan, Wolfgang and Leopold wrote home to Salzburg about Leutgeb's reception and predicted great success for him. In 1777, Leutgeb moved back to Vienna and bought a small house in Altlerchenfeld, assisted by a loan from Leopold; in 1782, Wolfgang, who had moved there before, wrote to Leopold about the loan, which was still unpaid: "Please have a little patience with poor Leutgeb. If you knew his circumstances and saw how he has to muddle through, you would certainly feel sorry for him. I shall have a word with him and I feel sure that he will pay you, at any rate by installments."〔Translation from Zaslaw and Cowdery (1990:154).〕 Leutgeb continued to work as a horn player in Vienna (see following section), but did not retire from playing in 1792. Based on Leutgeb's letter to Leopold older reference sources sometimes assert that Leutgeb ran a cheese shop;〔The story is reported, for instance, in the influential mid-19th century biography by Otto Jahn (Townsend translation 1891, p. 337)〕 this in fact had been a sausage shop run by his father-in-law, who until his death in 1763 had worked as a "Cerveladmacher", producing Italian sausages. The sausage shop was sold in 1764. Leutgeb never owned a cheese shop.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Leutgeb」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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