Józef Elsner
Composer
1769 – 1854
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Who was Józef Elsner?
Józef Antoni Franciszek Elsner was a composer, music teacher, and music theoretician, active mainly in Warsaw. He was one of the first composers in Poland to weave elements of folk music into his works.
He composed many symphonic, chamber, solo, and vocal-instrumental works, and 38 operas. He is perhaps best known as the principal piano teacher of the young Frédéric Chopin.
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- Born
- Jun 1, 1769
Grodków - Also known as
- Jozef Elsner
- Elsner, Józef
- Died
- Apr 18, 1854
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on July 23, 2013
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