Leopold Kozeluch
Leopold Kozeluch, Czech composer (1747-1818)
There is little written about Leopold Kozeluch, but on searching in the Internet, you will come across some interesting or controversial contributions. So did I. One of the first articles which struck me immediately is by Gary Smith: “Leopold Kozeluch, The “Real Salieri”. Already the title means nothing good for Kozeluch. Such a beginning would be perfect for any tabloid… but on a Mozart forum? But not only the beginning is unfriendly to Kozeluch, the whole article is written in a sarcastic, negative tone. Somehow it sounds as if the author were personally insulted by the existence of Kozeluch. Of all the biographies of Mozart’s contemporaries written by Gary Smith on the same forum, only Kozeluch merits this poisoning language… Why?! If the author finds him so repellent, why bother to write about him then?
