Franciszek Lessel

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Franciszek Lessel (1780 – December 26, 1838) was a Polish composer.

Life

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.^[1] He died in Piotrków Trybunalski.

Among his most noted pieces is Fantaisie in E minor, which was dedicated to Cecylia Beydale. Bedayle was for a time his lover, until they discovered they had the same mother.^[2]

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Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 7651949 LCCN: n86867911 ISNI: 0000 0001 1037 2076 GND: 119334607 SUDOC: 117897779

Persondata
Name	Lessel, Franciszek
Alternative names
Short description	Polish composer
Date of birth	1780
Place of birth
Date of death	December 26, 1838
Place of death

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