Ignacy Dobrzyński
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Ignacy Dobrzyński (2 February 1779 – 17 August 1841) was a Polish musician (violinist) and composer. He was the father of
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (15 February 1807 – 9 October 1867) was a Polish pianist and composer. He was the son of Ignacy Dobrzyński, the brother of Edward Dobrzyński, and the father of Bronisław Dobrzyński. Life Dobrzyński was born o ...
and Edward Dobrzyński.


Life

Born in
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, at the age of 18 he was already playing the first violin in count orchestra of Józef August Iliński in Romaniv, where he composed several operas and ballet music. In 1799–1817 he was conductor of this orchestra. In 1817–1825 he taught music at the Polish Gymnasium in
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. He then spent some years in
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, before moving to
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, where his son was already a renowned composer. He participated in quartet performances and in church music. He married Eudoksja z Karelinów, daughter of a wind orchestra leader in
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. Dobrzyński was buried at the
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.


Compositions

He left many compositions, both orchestral and piano, among which most notable are polonaises, expressing the spirit of old Poland (''duch staropolski'').


References

1779 births 1841 deaths Polish composers {{Composer-stub