He was deputy Kapellmeister to the court orchestra of the Archbishop of Salzburg, and a prolific and successful composer of instrumental music. His influential textbook Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule, was published in 1756, the year of Mozart's birth (English, as "A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing", transl. Mozart's father Leopold Mozart (1719–1787) was one of Europe's leading musical teachers. Material in brackets represents editorial additions by Otto Erich Deutsch (see below), intended for clarification. The parallel five-column format of the original document, seen in the figure, is transcribed below in five consecutive paragraphs. The baptismal register of the cathedral parish contains the entry shown below, written down in Latin by city chaplain Leopold Lamprecht. Rupert's Cathedral in Salzburg as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. Mozart was baptized January 28, 1756, the day after his birth, at St.
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