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Franciszek Lessel
Person · male · Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth · Puławy · born 1780 · died 1838
Polish composer
Also known as 프란치셰크 레셀
Timeline
1780s
1830s
Biography
Biography
Franciszek Lessel (1780 – 26 December 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. He died in Piotrków Trybunalski.
His Grand Trio for Clarinet, Horn, and Piano, Op. 4 (1806) is notable for its contribution to this ensemble instrumentation. Among his most noted pieces is his Fantaisie in E minor, Op.13, which was dedicated to Cecylia Beydale. Beydale and Lessel wanted to marry but the difference in their social standing and Lessel’s financial troubles made that impossible.
His piano concerto in C major (opus 14, published c.1814) has been recorded twice, once on Harmonia Mundi France in 1993 and more recently on a disc released in 2011.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
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Tracklist · 14 tracks
1Sonata in F major, op. 2 no. 2: I. Allegro con brio2Sonata in F major, op. 2 no. 2: II. Un poco adagio3Sonata in F major, op. 2 no. 2: III. Allegro4Variations in A minor, op. 15 no. 2: I. Thema. Andante con moto5Variations in A minor, op. 15 no. 2: II. Var. I. Poco più mosso6Variations in A minor, op. 15 no. 2: III. Var. II. Allegretto7Variations in A minor, op. 15 no. 2: IV. Var. III. Deciso ma con grazia8Variations in A minor, op. 15 no. 2: V. Var. IV. Più vivo e ben ritmato9Variations in A minor, op. 15 no. 2: VI. Var. V. Tempo I (Andante con moto)10Variations in A minor, op. 15 no. 2: VII. Var. VI. Tempo I11Fantasia in C major, op. 812Sonata in C major, op. 2 no. 3: I. Allegro moderato13Sonata in C major, op. 2 no. 3: II. Larghetto espressivo14Sonata in C major, op. 2 no. 3: III. Allegro molto— · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks
1Polonaise in D major2Fantasia in E minor, op. 133Sonata in C major, op. 2 no. 1: I. Allegro4Sonata in C major, op. 2 no. 1: II. Andante grazioso5Sonata in C major, op. 2 no. 1: III. Presto6Variations in A minor, op. 15 no. 1: I. Thema. Andantino tranquillo7Variations in A minor, op. 15 no. 1: II. Var. I. Più vivo8Variations in A minor, op. 15 no. 1: III. Var. II. Andante sostenuto9Variations in A minor, op. 15 no. 1: IV. Var. III. Più mosso e con brio10Variations in A minor, op. 15 no. 1: V. Var. IV. Più tranquillo11Variations in A minor, op. 15 no. 1: VI. Var. V. L'istesso tempo12Variations in A minor, op. 15 no. 1: VII. Var. VI. Più mosso13Variations in A minor, op. 15 no. 1: VIII. Var. VII. Più tranquillo e cantabile14Variations in A minor, op. 15 no. 1: IX. Var. VIII. Presto assai
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Franciszek Lessel head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 9 | 54.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 2 | 62.1th |
| Recording span (years) | — | no data |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciszek_Lesselbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
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Wikidata: Q325057 · MusicBrainz: 37f87d65-5280-435d-ba58-69e79b2b26aa