Wincenty Ferdynand Lessel
Wincenty Ferdynand Lessel (* around 1750 in Eule (today Jílové u Prahy ), † after 1825 in Puławy ) was a Polish composer.
Lessel studied in Dresden with Johann Adam Hiller and Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf and was a violinist in the Royal Chapel from 1766 to 1780. After that he worked in various Polish aristocratic houses as a conductor, harpsichordist and teacher until 1811. From 1811 he was organist in Pulawy.
In addition to numerous piano and harpsichord pieces for four hands, Lessel composed organ preludes, polonaises for orchestra as well as ten operas and operettas on topics from Polish history, all of which are lost.
His son was Franciszek Lessel .
Web links
source
- Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea World of Music: The Composers , Volume 3, Berlin, Frankfurt 1989, ISBN 3549078331 , pp. 428-29
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| SURNAME | Lessel, Wincenty Ferdynand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1750 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | owl |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1825 |
| Place of death | Puławy |