Leopold received the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1738. Except for periods of travel, Leopold spent the rest of his life there. At the time Salzburg was the capital of an independent state within the Holy Roman Empire (the Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg), now part of Austria. Following a year's delay, he moved to Salzburg to resume his education, enrolling in November 1737 at the Benedictine University (now University of Salzburg) to study philosophy and jurisprudence. And how he hoodwinked the clerics about becoming a priest!" An old school friend told Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1777, "Ah he was a great fellow. Although his parents had planned a career for Leopold as a Catholic priest, this apparently was not Leopold's own wish. He also developed an interest, which he retained, in microscopes and telescopes. While a student in Augsburg, he appeared in student theater productions as an actor and singer, and became a skilled violinist and organist.
Salvator, where he studied logic, science, and theology, graduating magna cum laude in 1735. He was born in Augsburg, son of Johann Georg Mozart (1679–1736), a bookbinder, and his second wife Anna Maria Sulzer (1696–1766). He is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule (1756). Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (Novem– May 28, 1787) was a German composer, violinist, and theorist.
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