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Leopold Neuhauser (born

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, 18th century – died after 1813) was an Austrian musician, composer of instrumental works, and

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of the guitar and

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. He lived in

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in the early 19th century, where he taught music and composed. He was part of a "guitar bloom" which ran in Vienna from 1800 through around 1850, as virtuosos from around Austria moved to Vienna. The players began incorporating their regional folk-tunes " alpine influences" into their music, writing

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dances and expanding the repertoire of classical guitar. As a guitar player and composer, Neuhauser was part this movement.

Works

Philip J. Bone listed some of Neuhauser's works:

Published

*Six variations for guitar and violin, or clarionet (Opus 2) (published by Simrock, Bonn) *Six waltzes for two guitars (published by Simrock, Bonn) *Six variations for guitar and violin, or clarionet (1801) *Twelve variations for violin and bass (1799, Vienna) *several collections of German songs with guitar accompaniment

Manuscript

Bone also wrote of Neuhauser's "many unpublished manuscripts for the mandolin and guitar and also four instrumental nocturnes" Konrad Wölki wrote of Neuhauser's four "Notturni for mandolin, violin, two horns and violincello" which were published in handwritten-manuscript form by Johann Traeg, 1799, Vienna. The nocturnes that Bone listed were previously listed in 1813 in ''Neues historisch-biographisches Lexikon der Tonkünstler'', volume 3, by Ernst Ludwig Gerber. Gerber and Bone gave the same list of instruments for the works: * Nocturne No. 1 for Violin, two altos and violoncello * Nocturne No. 2 for Mandolin, violin, alto, two horns and violoncello * Nocturne No. 3 for two violins, two oboes, two horns, alto and bass * Nocturne No. 4 Quartet for two violins, alto and bass

Gallery

File:Six Wariazioni pour le Guitarre & Violino par L Neuhauser.jpg, Title page to ''Six Variations for guitar and violin'' File:Six Wariazioni pour le Guitarre & Violino par L Neuhauser 2.jpg, First three variations of ''Six Variations for guitar and violin'' File:Six Wariazioni pour le Guitarre & Violino par L Neuhauser 3.jpg, Second three variations of ''Six Variations for guitar and violin''

External links

Worldcat list of one workBook, New historical-biographical lexicon of Tonkünstler (1813), third volume. Page 293 of ebook (page number 567 in original book) has list of Neuhauser's works. Lists him as alive now (the year was 1813).Bio from 1856 based on the above Tonkünstler book. Page 255.Bibliography with books containing information about Neuhauser.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neuhauser, Leopold 19th-century Austrian composers 19th-century Austrian male musicians Austrian classical composers Austrian classical musicians Austrian mandolinists Austrian guitarists 18th-century births Year of birth uncertain Year of death missing