Franciszek Lessel
Franciszek Lessel (1780 – 26 December 1838) was a Polish composer.
Franciszek Lessel
- Born
- 1780 · Puławy.
- Died
- 1838 · Piotrków Trybunalski.
- Nationality
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth · Duchy of Warsaw · Congress Poland
- Occupation
- pianist · composer · musician
- Fields
- music · piano performance · music composing · composed musical work
- Teachers
- Joseph Haydn
- Languages
- Polish
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Franciszek Lessel (1780 – 26 December 1838) was a Polish composer.
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Lessel was born in Puławy, Poland. His father, Wincenty Ferdynand Lessel, was a pianist and composer of Czech origin who served as his first teacher. In 1799 Franciszek Lessel went to study with Joseph Haydn and continued to do so until Haydn's death. Lessel worked as a court musician, headed Warsaw's Amateur Music Society, and gave lessons on how to play the glass harmonica. In later life he largely had non-musical administrative and inspector jobs. He died in Piotrków Trybunalski. His Grand Trio for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano, Op. 4 (1806) is notable for its contribution to this ensemble instrumentation. Among his most noted pieces is his Fantaisie in E minor, Op.13, which was dedicated to Cecylia Beydale. Beydale and Lessel wanted to marry but the difference in their social standing and Lessel’s financial troubles made that impossible. His piano concerto in C major (opus 14, published c.1814) has been recorded twice, once on Harmonia Mundi France in 1993 and more recently on a disc released in 2011.
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Franciszek Lessel is recorded as pianist, composer and musician.
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1838
Franciszek Lessel died at Piotrków Trybunalski.
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Puławy.
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- 1.Livret du disque de la Musique pour piano, Acte Préalable .
- 2.Dictionnaire biographique des musiciens. Robert Laffont. 1995. 2-221-06787-8.
- 3.Livret du disque de la Musique de chambre, Acte Préalable
- 4.Paweł Markuszewski (2009), livret du disque Acte Préalable AP0055, .
- 5.Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka Chopina.
- 6.Livret du disque
- 7.Édition moderne, par Ludomir Stawowy chez PWM-6712, "coll. Sonaty polskie 4".
- 8.Dictionnaire des Musiciens Polonais, PWM, Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyezne SA, Cracovie 1964, .
- 9.Le premier de Jichaw kozak z za Dunaju.
- 10.Dans le huitième cahier du cycle Terpsychora czyli zbiór najnowskych i najbardziej ulubionych w Towarzystwach warszawskich rozmaitych tańców na Piano-Forte.
- 11.Édition moderne, par Stanislaw Tauros, PWM 1267, 2002
- 12.Édition moderne, par Zbigniew Śliwiński, PWM-8357, 1980
- 13.Le manuscrit de la partie piano est à la bibliothèque Czartoryski, mais le titre en est légèrement différent : Caprice et variations pour le Piiano avec accompagnement d'Orchestre composées et dédiés à la Nation Polonaise par Fr. Lessel.
- 14.Édition moderne, par Zbigniew Drzewiecki (1890-1971), PWM 467, 1951.
- 15.Édition moderne, par Bohdan Muchenberg, PWM 8900, 1987 .
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