Leopold Jansa

Czech violinist, music educator and composer (1795–1875)
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Leopold Jansa

Summary

Leopold Jansa is a human[1]. His place of birth was Ústí nad Orlicí[2]. He was born on March 23, 1795[3]. He passed away in Vienna[4]. He died on January 25, 1875[5]. He worked as a composer[6], violinist[7], and music educator[8]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[9]

Key Facts

  • Leopold Jansa was born in Ústí nad Orlicí[2].
  • Leopold Jansa passed away in Vienna[4].
  • Leopold Jansa was born on March 23, 1795[3].
  • Leopold Jansa was born on January 1797[10].
  • Leopold Jansa died on January 25, 1875[5].
  • Leopold Jansa died on January 24, 1875[11].
  • Leopold Jansa held citizenship in Austria–Hungary[12].
  • Leopold Jansa held citizenship in Kingdom of Bohemia[13].
  • Leopold Jansa worked as a composer[6].
  • Leopold Jansa's professions included violinist[7].
  • Leopold Jansa worked as a music educator[8].
  • Leopold Jansa is recorded as male[14].
  • Leopold Jansa's instance of is recorded as human[15].
  • Leopold Jansa's genre is classical music[16].
  • Leopold Jansa's Commons category is recorded as Leopold Jansa[17].
  • Leopold Jansa's family name is recorded as Jansa[18].
  • Leopold Jansa's given name is recorded as Leopold[19].
  • Leopold Jansa studied under Jan Václav Voříšek[20].
  • Leopold Jansa studied under Emanuel Aloys Förster[21].
  • Leopold Jansa's instrument is recorded as violin[22].
  • Leopold Jansa's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[23].
  • Leopold Jansa's described by source is recorded as Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich[24].
  • Leopold Jansa's described by source is recorded as Universal-Lexikon der Tonkunst[25].
  • Leopold Jansa's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[26].
  • Leopold Jansa's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Czech[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[28]

  • Country: CZ[29]

  • Began / founded: 1795-03-23[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1875-01-25[31]

  • MusicBrainz ID: feaaa4cd-3752-4e6c-be57-4294938e5844[32]

Body

Origins and Family

Leopold Jansa's place of birth was Ústí nad Orlicí[2]. Recorded date of birth include March 23, 1795[3] and January 1797[10].

Education

Studied under Jan Václav Voříšek[20], a composer[33], 1791–1825[34], of Kingdom of Bohemia[35] and Emanuel Aloys Förster[21], a composer[36], 1748–1823[37], of Austrian Empire[38].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include composer[6], violinist[7], and music educator[8].

Death and Burial

Recorded date of death include January 25, 1875[5] and January 24, 1875[11]. Leopold Jansa passed away in Vienna[4].

Why It Matters

Leopold Jansa ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month, #7,298 of 1,000,298).[9] He has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39]

FAQs

Where was Leopold Jansa born?

Leopold Jansa's place of birth was Ústí nad Orlicí[2].

Where did Leopold Jansa die?

Leopold Jansa died in Vienna[4].

What did Leopold Jansa do for work?

Leopold Jansa worked as composer[6], violinist[7], and music educator[8].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . Musicalics. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] . wikidata.org.
  10. [16] . wikidata.org.
  11. [17] . wikidata.org.
  12. [3] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] . Jansa, Leopold (BLKÖ). wikidata.org.
  14. [5] . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [11] . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Jansa, Leopold (BLKÖ). wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . IdRef. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [9] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation composer, violinist, music educator
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  2. 14d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cerl thesaurus id cnp00643328
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  3. 16d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Genre classical music
    Languages spoken, written or signed Czech
    Student of Jan Václav Voříšek, Emanuel Aloys Förster
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