Jan Karol Gall (August 18, 1856 – October 30, 1912) was a Polish vocal composer and music teacher.
Gall was born in
Warsaw
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, and studied under
Franz Krenn in
Vienna
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Josef Rheinberger
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (17 March 1839 – 25 November 1901) was a Liechtensteiner organist and composer, residing in Bavaria for most of his life.
Life
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, whose father was the treasurer for Aloys II, Prince of Liec ...
in
Munich
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, and
Francesco Lamperti in
Milan
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. In 1880, he became conductor of the
Galician Music Society in
Lemberg
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(modern-day Lviv, Ukraine); in 1886, professor of singing at the
Kraków Conservatory; and from 1892, conductor of a choral society, "Echo", in Lwów
emberg
He wrote about 400 songs, choruses, quintets, and so on, and his compositions were quite popular at the time, including a popular version of ''
Mizerna cicha''.
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External links
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Scores by Jan Gallin digital library
Polona
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1856 births
1912 deaths
Polish composers
Polish music educators
Academics of the Academy of Music in Kraków
Academic staff of Lviv Conservatory
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