Life
Józef Elsner was born 1 June 1769 in Grottkau (Works - summary
Elsner's compositions included * operas ''Leszek Biały'' ('' Leszek the White'') and ''Król Łokietek'' (aboutWorks - detailed list
List of the most important compositions:Małgorzata KosińskaMasses
* Missa brevis in F major, Op. 85 on 3-voice male choir and organ (1844) * Festiva Missa in C major, Op. 52 for 4-voice choir, orchestra and organ (c. 1832) * Missa in B, Op. 18 on 3-voice male choir (1823) * Mass in A minor, Op. 24 for 4-voice choir (c. 1823) * Mass in A minor, Op. 81 for 4-voice choir and orchestra (1843) * Mass in B-flat major, Op. 3 to 4-voice choir and orchestra (1799) * Mass in B-flat major, Op. 44 for 2 sopranos, 2 tenors, bass and organ (1829) * Mass in B-flat major, Op. 80 for 4-voice choir and organ (1843) * Mass in C major, Op. 22 for 4-voice male choir, 4 horns, trombone and timpani (c. 1823) * Mass in C major, Op. 26 for 4 solo voices, 4-voice choir and orchestra (1820) * Mass in D minor and D major in Laudem omnium sanctorum slavonorum Polonorum, Op. 66 for 2 solo voices, 4-voice choir and orchestra (1840) * Mass in D minor, Op. 16 for 4-voice choir (1823) * Mass in D minor, Op. 5 for 4-voice choir and orchestra (c. 1806) * Mass in E minor - E-flat major, Op. 62 for 4 solo voices, 4-voice choir and orchestra (c. 1838) * Mass in E minor, Op. 88 for 4-voice choir and organ (1846) * Mass in F major, Op. 20 for 4-voice choir (c. 1823) * Mass in F major, Op. 35 for 4-voice choir and organ (c. 1825) * Mass in F major, Op. 41 for 4-voice choir, orchestra and organ (c. 1826) * Mass in F major, Op. 77 on 3-voice male choir and organ (1843) * Mass in F major, Op. 79 on 3-voice male choir and organ (1843) * Mass in G major, Op. 13 on 3-voice male choir and organ (c. 1820) * Mass in G major, Op. 34 for 4-voice choir and orchestra (c. 1825) * Mass in G major, Op. 75 for 2 sopranos, violin, viola 2, cello and organ (1842) * Mass in G minor, Op. 72 for 4 solo voices, 4-voice choir and orchestra (1842) * Folk Mass in G major, Op. 15 for 2 sopranos and organ (1820) * Pastoral Mass in A minor, Op. 76 for 4-voice choir, cello and organ (1842) * Solemn Mass in B-flat major, Op. 47 for 4 solo voices, 4-voice choir and orchestra (c. 1829) * Solemn Mass in C major (Coronation), Op. 51 for 4 solo voices, 4-voice choir and orchestra (c. 1829) * Midsummer Mass in F major, Op. 9 to 4 solo voices, 4-voice choir, orchestra and organ (c. 1815) * Mass, Gradual and Offertory, Op. 87 for 4-voice choir and orchestra (1844)Offertories
* Offertoria for 4 voices and orchestra (c. 1783-1784) * Offertory in A major, Op. 35 (Cantate Domino canticum novum) for 4-voice choir, orchestra and organ (extracted from Mass in F, Op. 35?) * Offertory in A major, Op. 46 for 4-voice choir and orchestra (c. 1829) * Offertory B-flat major, Op. 30 (Quoniam in me speravit) for 4-voice choir and orchestra (1828) * Offertory B-flat major, Op. 45 for 4-voice choir, orchestra and organ (c. 1829) * Offertory B-flat major, Op. 86 for 4-voice choir and orchestra (1844) * Offertory in C major, Op. 31 (Expectans expectavi Dominum) for 4-voice choir and orchestra (1823) * Offertory in C major, Op. 33 for 4-voice choir, orchestra and organ (c. 1824) * Offertory in C major, Op. 56 (Beatus vir) for 4-voice choir and organ (c. 1835) * Offertory in D major, Op. 32 (Confirma hoc Deus) for 4-voice choir and orchestra (1824) * Offertory E-flat major, Op. 4 (In te Domine speravi) for 4-voice choir and orchestra (c. 1806) * Offertory E major, Op. 83 (Inveni David) for 4-voice choir, solo violin and orchestra (1843) * Offertory in F major, Op. 50 on 3-voice male choir (c. 1829) * Offertory in F major, Op. 70 (Tui sunt caeli) for 4-voice choir, orchestra and organ (1840) * Offertory in F major, Op. 71 for 4-voice choir (1840) * Offertory in G major, Op. 12 for 4-voice choir and orchestra (c. 1819) * Offertory in G major, Op. 38 for 4-voice choir, flute obbligato and orchestra (c. 1825) * Offertory in G major, Op. 48 for 4-voice choir, orchestra and organ (c. 1829) * Offertory, Op. 58 for choir (c. 1836)Oratorios - Cantatas
* Ad festum Corporis Christi 4-voice choir, brass and organ (approx. 1785-1786) * Hallelujah B-flat major, Op. 60 for 4-voice choir (1836-1840) * Ave Maria B-flat major, Op. 68 for 4-voice choir and organ (1840) * Ave Maris Stella in A major, Op. 90 for 4-voice choir, orchestra and organ (1847) * Benedictus for soprano and instrumental ensemble (c. 1783-1784) * Cantate zur Feier ... Jubel-in D major, Op. 53 for 4-voice choir and orchestra (1832) * Canticum Simeonis in E minor, Op. 69 on 5-voice choir (1841) * Completorium for choir, 2 violins, viola, 2 horns and bodies (c. 1785) * Der sterbende Jesus for solo voices and chorus (c. 1788-1789) * Dies irae in F minor, Op. 91 for 4-voice choir and organ (1847) * Graduate in A major, Op. 82 for 4-voice choir and orchestra (1843) * Graduate in D major, Op. 94 for bass, 4-voice choir and orchestra (1848) * Graduate in E-flat major, Op. 57 for soprano, 4-voice choir and orchestra (1835) * Graduate in F major, Op. 29 (Alleluja! Juravit Dominus) for 4-voice choir and orchestra (1828) * Graduate and Offertory in A major, Op. 25 for 4-voice choir (c. 1823) * Graduate and Offertory E-flat major, Op. 19 on 3-voice male choir (1823) * Graduate and Offertory in F major, Op. 23 for 4-voice male choir, 4 horns and trombone (c. 1823) * Graduate and Offertory, Op. 17 for 4-voice choir (1823) * Gradual for 2 sopranos, 2 violins, viola, double bass and 2 horns (c. 1782) * Lob der Buchdruckerkunst cantata, cantata for solo voice, 4-voice choir and piano (1804) * Musik zu einer Cantata Trauerloge, cantata for male choir and orchestra (1811) * Cantata Music to enter the body of Fr. J. Poniatowski in r. 1814 cantata for recitation, choir and orchestra (1814) * Cantata on the aptly Poles land, cantata for choir and orchestra (1807) * Welcome dove cantata, cantata for four male voices, violin, cello and piano (1844) * Cantata us stand with a weapon in his hand, a cantata for recitation, solo voices and chorus (1819) * Kyrie and Gloria in C major for choir, 2 violins, viola, 2 oboes, horn, trumpet, timpani and organ (approx. 1788-1789) * Miserere mei Deus, Op. 96 for solo voices, 3 choirs, male choir (1848) * Motet in C major, Op. 28 2 4-voice choirs * Motet in G major, Op. 59 for 4 solo voices, 4-voice choir and orchestra (1836) * Motet Salvum fac emperor in B-flat major, Op. 6, motet for 4-voice choir and orchestra (1807) * Offertory Motet seu de Sancto Josepho C major, Op. 10 for 4-voice choir and orchestra (c. 1815) * Vespers in C major, Op. 36 for 4-voice choir and orchestra (c. 1825) * Vespers in D major, Op. 89 for 4-voice choir and orchestra (1847) * About gloriosa virginum B-flat major, Op. 92 for 4-voice choir and orchestra (1847) * The sacred convivium, Op. 49, anthem for 4-voice choir and wind instruments (c. 1829) * Passio Domini nostri in D minor, Op. 65 for 14 solo voices, 3 4-voice choir and orchestra (1835-1837) * Our Father, Op. 95 for 4-voice choir and organ (1848) * Post Celebra ... D major, Op. 11 for soprano, bass, 4-voice choir and orchestra (1815) * Psalm 133, Op. 63 for 2 choirs (c. 1838) * Salve Regina in B-flat major, processio funebris in C minor, Psalmus: De Profundis in C minor, Op. 43 for a 3 male voices, 4-voice choir and orchestra (1827) * Requiem in C minor, Op. 42 for a 3 male voices, cello, brass and timpani (1826) * Requiem, Op. 2 to 4-voice choir and wind instruments (1793) * Stabat Mater, Op. 93 for solo voices, chorus and orchestra (1848) * Laudamus Te Deum in D major, Op. 39 for 4-voice choir, trumpet and timpani (c. 1825) * Te Deum laudamus, Op. 74 for 2 male choirs 4-Voice (1842) * Veni Creator in A major, Op. 97 for 4-voice choir and organ (1849) * Veni Creator in B-flat major, Op. 73 for 4-voice male choir (1842) * Veni Creator in C major, Op. 72 4-voice choir (1812) * Veni Creator in G major, Op. 40 for 4-voice choir (c. 1825) * Veni Creator in G major, Op. 54 for a 5-voice choir and organ (1834) * Veni Creator, Op. 78 on 3-voice male choir and organ (1843) * Veni Sancte Spiritus E-flat major, Op. 8 to 4-voice choir and orchestra (1815)Ballets
Opera
* Amazons, or Herminia, opera in 2 acts (1797) * Andromeda, opera seria in 1 act (1806) * Der verkleidet Sultan, opera in 3 acts (1795) * Seltenen Die Brüder oder Die vier Zauberkugeln, opera in 2 acts (1795) * Jagiello in Tenczyn, opera in 3 acts (1819) * Kabbalist, opera in 2 acts (1812) * Lovers hidden, opera in 2 acts (?) * Militia or Battle of the Cossacks, komedioopera in 2 acts (1807) * Seven times one komedioopera in 1 act (1804) * Canyons of the Sierra Morena, komedioopera in 3 acts (1811) * King of the Short or Wiśliczanki, opera in 2 acts (1817-1818) * Ie Leszek the White Witch of Lysa Gora, opera in 2 acts (1809) * Residents of the island Kamkatal, opera in 1 act (1803-1804) * Old scatterbrain and a young sage, opera in 1 act (1804-1805) * Sultan Wampum or imprudent wishes, opera in two acts (1800) * Breakfast trzpiotów, opera in 1 act (1808) * Delusion and reality, opera in 1 act (c. 1805) * Urzella soothsayer or This is what the ladies like, opera in 3 acts (1805-1806)Other works for the stage
* Benefis, duodrama in 1 act (1809) * Echo in the forest, duodrama in 1 act (1808) * La ritrosia disarmata, duodrama in 1 act (1815) * Cobbler and a seamstress, duodrama in 1 act (1808) * Wife along the way, duodrama in 1 act (1808) * Charlemagne and Witykind, drama in two acts (1807) * The emergence of the nation, lyrical scene in one act (1830) * Iskahar king Guaxary, melodrama in three acts (1796) * French corsair in Portugal, melodrama in three acts (?) * Mieczyslaw Blind, melodrama in three acts (1807) * Nurzahad or immortality and wealth, melodrama in three acts (1805) * Sacrifice of Abraham, melodrama in four acts (1821) * The court of Solomon, melodrama in three acts (1806) * Sydney and Zuma or power love black women, melodrama in three acts (1798) * Court invisible or vicious Son, melodrama in three acts (1807) * Island wives married or chosen by fate, melodrama in three acts (1811)Concertos
Opus Key Solo instrument Date of composition Date of premiere - ? Flute 1791-1792 ? - D major Violin approx. 1795 ? - G major Violin approx. 1783-1784 ?Symphonies
Opus Key Date of composition Date of premiere 17 B-flat major approx. 1818 ? - C major 1796 ? 11 C major 1804-1805 ? - D major 1802 ? - D major 1788-1789 ? - D major approx. 1818 ? - E-flat major 1797 ? - E-flat major 1788-1789 ?Chamber works
* Chaconne in G major for violin and piano (1836) * Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 15 (c. 1805) * Piano Quartet in F major (c. 1800) * Quartet for 2 violins and violas 2 (c. 1798) * Three String Quartet, Op. 8: No. 1 in C major, No. 2 in E-flat major, No. 3 in D minor (1796) * String Quartet in B-flat major (?) * String Quintet (?) * String Quintet in C minor (?) * Septet in D major for flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano (c. 1830) * Piano Sonata in F major (c. 1798) * Sonata in B-flat major for piano 4 hands, Op. 16 (?) * Sonata in D major for Violin and Piano, Op. 10, No. 2 (c. 1798) * Sonata in E-flat major for violin and piano, Op. 10, No. 3 (c. 1798) * Sonata in F major for Violin and Piano, Op. 10, No. 1 (c. 1798) * Piano Sonata in B-flat major (c. 1798) * Piano Sonata in D major (c. 1798) * Piano Trio in C major (c. 1798) * Trio Grande Sonate in B-flat major, piano trio (1798)Small orchestral and instrumental
* Karnevaltanze for orchestra (1792-1799) * March for orchestra (1831) * March of the Polish army vanguard for orchestra (1831) * Triumphal march for wind orchestra (1809) * March with echo and Andante for orchestra (?) * Mazurka for orchestra (c. 1825) * Polonaise in D major for orchestra (1818) * Polonaise in D major for violin and piano (?) * Polonaise in D major for violin and piano (1820) * Polonaise in E major on the theme of the overture to the opera "Lodoiska" R. Kreutzer for orchestra (1804) * Polonaise in E-flat major for violin and piano (1820) * Polonaise in F major for orchestra (1818) * Polonaise on the march from the opera "Water Carrier" L. Cherubini for orchestra (1804) * Polonaise on the song "Ou peut-on etre mieux ..." for orchestra (1816) * Rondo a la Krakowiak B-flat major for piano (1803) * Rondo a la Mazurka in C major for piano (1803) * Rondo a la Mazurka in G minor for piano (1803) * Trois quatuors meilleur du goût anglais for strings (1798) * Trois quatuors for strings (c. 1796) * Rollers region for orchestra (c. 1791-1792) * Rollers Viennese orchestra (c. 1790-1791) * Variations in B-flat major on the march from the opera "Przerwana ofiara" ("Interrupted victim") (P. Winter), for piano (1802) * Variations on the aria from the opera "Żony przemienione czyli Szewc" ("The shoemaker's wife transformed") (M. A. Portogalla) for orchestra (1810)See also
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References
* * * Martina Homma: ''Nationale Musik und nationale Musikwissenschaft. Der Fall Joseph Elsner''. In: Deutsch-polnische Ansichten zur Literatur und Kultur. Wiesbaden 1995, S. 104–11External links
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