Ignacy Dobrzyński

Ignacy Dobrzyński (2 February 1779^{[citation needed]} – 17 August^{[citation needed]} 1841)^[1] was a Polish musician (violinist)^[1] and composer. He was the father of Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński and Edward Dobrzyński.

Life

Born in Volynia,^[1] 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^{[citation needed]} he was conductor of this orchestra. In 1817–1825 he taught music at the Polish Gymnasium in Vinnytsia.^{[citation needed]} He then spent some years in Kremenets, before moving to Warsaw, where his son was already a renowned composer.^[1] He participated in quartet performances and in church music.^[1]

He married Eudoksja z Karelinów, daughter of a wind orchestra leader in Saint Petersburg.^{[citation needed]} Dobrzyński was buried at the Powązki Cemetery.^[1]

Compositions

He left many compositions, both orchestral and piano, among which most notable are polonaises, expressing the spirit of old Poland (duch staropolski).^[1]

References

1. Słownik muzyków polskich dawnych i nowoczesnych: kompozytorów, wirtuozów, śpiewaków, instrumencistów, lutnistów, organmistrzów, poetów lirycznych i miłośników sztuki muzycznej : zawierający krótki rys historyi muzyki w Polsce, opisanie obrazów cudownych i dawnych instrumentów, z muzyką i portretem autora. Wydawn. Artystyczne i Filmowe. 1874. pp. 79–80.