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Jun 01, 1769 Grodków, Opole Voivodeship, Poland Died on 18 Apr 1854 (aged 84)
Polish composer
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About Józef Elsner
- Józef Antoni Franciszek Elsner (sometimes Józef Ksawery Elsner; baptismal name, Joseph Anton Franz Elsner; 1 June 1769 – 18 April 1854) 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.Elsner composed many symphonic, chamber, solo, and vocal-instrumental works, and works for the stage, including over 100 religious works (masses, offertorios, oratorios, cantatas), eight symphonies, three concertos, three ballets, and thirty-eight operas.
- He is perhaps best known as the principal piano teacher of the young composer Frédéric Chopin.
