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Leopold Koželuh composed about 50 solo sonatas, 22 piano concertos, 28 symphonies, 80 piano trios, and other chamber works in addition to operas, ballets and pantomimes.

(Contribution by Sophia Welz <ec5icon.co.za>.)

He also arranged Irish, Welsh and Scottish folk tunes for George Thomson of Edinburgh.

(Contribution by jan vavra <janvavratiscali.cz>.)

• 50 piano concerts
• 30 symphonies
• 6 string quartets
• 60 piano sonatas
• 2 Concerts for Clarinet
• 2 Concerts for English Horn
• 2 Concerts for Violoncello
• Ballets (Telemaco z roku 1798, Arlecchino z roku 1799)
• Operas (Le Mazet, 1786; Debora a Sisara, 1789-90; Didone abbandonata, 1795; Judith und Holofernes, 1799)
• Cantatas (Auf das Fräulein Paradies)
• Oratoriums (Moise in Egitto )
• etc.

Pianist and teacher. Studied with F.X. Dussek in Prague. In 1792 succeeded Mozart as Kammer Kapellmeister and Hofmusik Compositor.

(Contribution by jan vavra <janvavratiscali.cz>.)

In 1791 Koželuh went to Vienna, where shortly gained such a respect as a pianist, composer and music pedagogue that he was so bold as to refuse to succeed W.A. Mozart in his post of organist to the Salzburg Archbishop. In 1791 he scored a tremendous success with his cantata commissioned by Czech estates for Leopold II’s coronation as King of Bohemia, and, in the following year he received the title “Kammer Kappelmeister und Hofmusik Compositor” at the court of Emperor Franz II and held it for a good 26 years until his death.

• http://www.czechmusic.com/dictionary1/36.html

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