RODZINNA TRADYCJA MUZYCZNA – O SYNACH WACŁAWA RASZKA
A FAMILY’S MUSICAL TRADITIONS: ON THE SONS OF WACŁAW RASZEK

Summary/Abstract: This articlepresents fragmentarily preserved information concerning two sons of the musician andcomposer Wacław Raszek (1764–1837). His elder son, Ludwik Wacław (1816–44), probablyreceived his musical education in Warsaw. In the 1830s he worked as a chorister and apianist and wrote several dances, one of which survives in print. His budding career wasended by illness, which led to his death at the age of just twenty-eight. Concerning themusical links of the younger son, Adam (1824–43), we know only that he advertised hisservices as a piano tuner. This fragmentary knowledge makes it possible to outline thecareer history of the younger generation of the Raszek family

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