Horn player and friend of the Mozarts. Leutgeb, who joined the Salzburg court orchestra in 1762 or 1763, had frequent contacts with the Mozarts both at home and on their travels: they met up in Milan in February 1773, where Leopold tried to arrange a concert for him. Leutgeb later quit Salzburg, settling in Vienna in 1777, where he became a cheesemonger and, after Mozart`s move there in 1781, one of the composer`s close friends. He also continued to perform: it was for Leutgeb that Mozart wrote the horn quintet K407 and the horn concertos K417, 447 and 495. Lit.: Pisarowitz, `Mozarts Schnorrer Leutgeb`; Clive, Mozart and his Circle, 89; Basso, I Mozart in Italia, 586-587