Franciszek Lessel
Franciszek Lessel (* around 1780 in Puławy ; † December 26, 1838 in Piotrków Trybunalski ) was a Polish composer .
The son of the composer Wincenty Ferdynand Lessel began studying medicine in Vienna in 1797 , but soon turned to music and became a student of Joseph Haydn . In 1810 he returned to Poland, where he worked as an estate manager until 1830. After losing the job as a result of the Polish uprising, he was eventually given the post of school inspector in Piotrków.
His extensive work includes an opera , six symphonies , a piano concerto , an orchestral overture, an adagio and rondo for piano and orchestra and other orchestral works, chamber music works, including a Phantasie Caractéristique for string quartet and a quartet for flute and strings, ten historical chants , Songs and church music .
literature
- Antonicek: Lessel Franciszek. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 157.
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| SURNAME | Lessel, Franciszek |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1780 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Puławy |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 26, 1838 |
| Place of death | Piotrków Trybunalski |