Anastazy Wilhelm Dreszer (April 28, 1845 – June 2, 1907) was a Polish

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, ja ...

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

, and educator. Dreszer was born in

Kalisz (The oldest city of Poland) , image_skyline = , image_caption = ''Top:'' Town Hall, Former "Calisia" Piano Factory''Middle:'' Courthouse, "Gołębnik" tenement''Bottom:'' Aerial view of the Kalisz Old Town , image_flag = POL Kalisz flag.svg ...

, then in the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

. After studying at the conservatory in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

with Krebs, Döring, and Früh, Dreszer moved to Leipzig then Halle. He taught singing at a school he founded in 1868. He composed two symphonies and various pieces for piano. He died, aged 62, in

Halle Halle may refer to: Places Germany * Halle (Saale), also called Halle an der Saale, a city in Saxony-Anhalt ** Halle (region), a former administrative region in Saxony-Anhalt ** Bezirk Halle, a former administrative division of East Germany ** Hall ...

References

* Barbara Chmara-Żaczkiewicz, "Dreszer, Anastazy Wilhelm" in ''The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', ed. Stanley Sadie. New York: Macmillan Publishers Limited (1980): 5 631 * C. R. H., "DRESZER, Anastazy Wilhelm" in '' Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', 5th edition, ed.

Eric Blom Eric Walter Blom (20 August 188811 April 1959) was a Swiss-born British-naturalised music lexicographer, music critic and writer. He is best known as the editor of the 5th edition of ''Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians'' (1954). Biogr ...

. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd. (1954): II 767 1845 births 1907 deaths Emigrants from the Russian Empire Musicians from Kalisz People from Warsaw Governorate Pianists from the Russian Empire 19th-century Polish pianists Polish composers Polish schoolteachers 19th-century Polish educators {{Poland-composer-stub