Józef Elsner

Polish composer and conductor

Józef Antoni Franciszek Elsner (sometimes Józef Ksawery Elsner; baptismal name, Joseph Anton Franz Elsner; 1 June 1769 – 18 April 1854) was a Polish 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, offertories, oratorios, cantatas), eight symphonies, three concertos, three ballets, and thirty-eight operas. He is perhaps best known as the principal composition teacher of the young composer Frédéric Chopin.

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Works

Leszek Biały
Leszek Biały: Uwertura
Piano Quartet in E-flat major, op. 15
Piano Quartet in E-flat major, op. 15: I. Moderato
Piano Quartet in E-flat major, op. 15: II. Romance. Andantino
Piano Quartet in E-flat major, op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro assai
Quartet No. 1 in C major: 2. Tema con variazioni. Andantino
Quartet no. 1 in C major
Quartet no. 1 in C major: 1. Allegro moderato
Quartet no. 2 in E flat major
Quartet no. 2 in E flat major: 1. Adagio
Quartet no. 2 in E flat major: 2. Allegro
Quartet no. 2 in E flat major: 3. Andantino
Quartet no. 2 in E flat major: 4. Rondo. Allegretto
Quartet no. 3 in D minor
Quartet no. 3 in D minor: 1. Allegro
Quartet no. 3 in D minor: 2. Andantino
Quartet no. 3 in D minor: 3. Rondo. Allegro
Symphony in C major, op. 11
Symphony in C major, op. 11: I. Adagio - Allegro
Symphony in C major, op. 11: II. Andante
Symphony in C major, op. 11: III. Menuetto. Allegro - Trio - Da capo
Symphony in C major, op. 11: IV. Rondo. Allegro moderato
Three String Quartets op. 8
Violin Sonata in F major, op. 10 no. 1
Violin Sonata in F major, op. 10 no. 1: I. Allegro
Violin Sonata in F major, op. 10 no. 1: II. Andante
Violin Sonata in F major, op. 10 no. 1: III. Rondo. Allegretto