Józef Elsner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Józef Elsner

Polish composer

Date of Birth: 01-Jun-1769

Place of Birth: Grodków, Opole Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 18-Apr-1854

Profession: composer, conductor, musicologist, music theorist, music pedagogue

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

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.