Leopold Neuhauser (born Innsbruck, 18th century – died after 1813) was an Austrian musician, composer of instrumental works, and virtuoso of the guitar and mandolin. [1] He lived in Vienna in the early 19th century, where he taught music and composed. [1]
He was part of a "guitar bloom" which ran in Vienna from 1800 through around 1850, as virtuosos from around Austria moved to Vienna. [2] The players began incorporating their regional folk-tunes " alpine influences" into their music, writing Ländler dances and expanding the repertoire of classical guitar. [2] As a guitar player and composer, Neuhauser was part this movement. [2]
Philip J. Bone listed some of Neuhauser's works:
Bone also wrote of Neuhauser's "many unpublished manuscripts for the mandolin and guitar and also four instrumental nocturnes" [1] Konrad Wölki wrote of Neuhauser's four "Notturni for mandolin, violin, two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. [3]
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:
[translation:Around 1800, Vienna became a center of classical guitar. Numerous virtuosos from various rural regions settled there and incorporated the melodies from their homeland into their compositions...In the 19th century, there was hardly a resident guitarist in Austria who did not publish at least one Ländler edition (usually six, twelve or twenty-four pieces per collection). Famous examples are Andreas Traeg, Leopold Neuhauser and Simon Molitor...the decline of the Viennese guitar scene from 1850 was unstoppable]
Leopold Neuhauser (born Innsbruck, 18th century – died after 1813) was an Austrian musician, composer of instrumental works, and virtuoso of the guitar and mandolin. [1] He lived in Vienna in the early 19th century, where he taught music and composed. [1]
He was part of a "guitar bloom" which ran in Vienna from 1800 through around 1850, as virtuosos from around Austria moved to Vienna. [2] The players began incorporating their regional folk-tunes " alpine influences" into their music, writing Ländler dances and expanding the repertoire of classical guitar. [2] As a guitar player and composer, Neuhauser was part this movement. [2]
Philip J. Bone listed some of Neuhauser's works:
Bone also wrote of Neuhauser's "many unpublished manuscripts for the mandolin and guitar and also four instrumental nocturnes" [1] Konrad Wölki wrote of Neuhauser's four "Notturni for mandolin, violin, two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. [3]
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:
[translation:Around 1800, Vienna became a center of classical guitar. Numerous virtuosos from various rural regions settled there and incorporated the melodies from their homeland into their compositions...In the 19th century, there was hardly a resident guitarist in Austria who did not publish at least one Ländler edition (usually six, twelve or twenty-four pieces per collection). Famous examples are Andreas Traeg, Leopold Neuhauser and Simon Molitor...the decline of the Viennese guitar scene from 1850 was unstoppable]