A Family’s Musical Traditions: On the Sons of Wacław Raszek
Jolanta Bujas-Poniatowska
Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0133-645X
Abstract
This article presents fragmentarily preserved information concerning two sons of the musician and composer Wacław Raszek (1764–1837). His elder son, Ludwik Wacław (1816–44), probably received his musical education in Warsaw. In the 1830s he worked as a chorister and a pianist and wrote several dances, one of which survives in print. His budding career was ended by illness, which led to his death at the age of just twenty-eight. Concerning the musical links of the younger son, Adam (1824–43), we know only that he advertised his services as a piano tuner. This fragmentary knowledge makes it possible to outline the career history of the younger generation of the Raszek family.
Keywords:
Wacław Raszek, Ludwik Raszek, Adam Raszek, polonaise writing, piano music, musical life in Warsaw, nineteenth-century Warsaw musiciansReferences
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Jolanta Bujas-PoniatowskaJagiellonian University in Kraków Poland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0133-645X
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