Józef Elsner

Polish composer and conductor

Person human Q471647

Facts

25 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[27]
Date of birth: June 1, 1769
Date of death: April 18, 1854
Place of birth: Grodków
Place of death: Warsaw
Country of citizenship: Congress Poland, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth^[11]^[12]
Occupation: conductor, composer, musicologist, music educator, music theorist, independent publisher, music director, violinist, music teacher, opera singer^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]
Employer: Chopin University of Music^[19]
Field of work: art music^[18]
Award received: Order of Saint Stanislaus^[25]
Genre: opera, liturgical music, symphony, classical music^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]
Work location: Warsaw^[34]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Polish, German^[43]^[44]
Described by source: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Riemann's Music Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Polish Biographical Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1950–1958), Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers, Neue Deutsche Biographie^[36]^[37]^[38]^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]
Different from: Józef Elsner^[46]
Family name: Elsner^[32]
Given name: Józef^[33]
Instrument: violin^[35]
Member of: Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning^[26]
Name in native language: Józef Elsner^[45]
P14536: 424281
P14974: 4163
Place of burial: Powązki Cemetery^[10]

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Student: Wiktor Każyński, Frédéric Chopin, August Freyer, Romuald Zientarski, Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]

🏷️ Also known as

en Józef Elsner en Joseph Elsner en Jozef Elsner cs Józef A. Elsner cs Józef Antoni Franciszek Elsner cs Józef Ksawery Elsner cs Josef Elsner cs Josephus Elsnerus cs Joseph Xaver Elsner cs Joseph Anton Franz Elsner cs Joseph Elsner cs Josef Anton Franciskus Elsner da Józef Antoni Franciszek da Jozef Elsner de Jozef Elsner de Joseph Anton Xaver Elsner de Joseph Xaver Elsner de Józef Elsner de Jozef Ksawery Elsner de Józef Ksawery Elsner

🔖 Identifiers · 67

ISNI: 0000000110426935
VIAF cluster ID: 19945913
Library of Congress authority ID: nr93027164
GND ID: 118688855
AllMusic artist ID: mn0002172691
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13559748k
Biographical Dictionary of the Czech Lands ID: 47195
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID: elsner-jozef-antoni-franciszek-josef-anton-franciskus
CERL Thesaurus ID: cnp01468117, cni00105360
CONOR.SI ID: 304503395
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf12050062
Carl-Maria-von-Weber-Gesamtausgabe ID: A00070B

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CiNii Research ID: 1140845216709757184
Classical Archives composer ID: 12878
DDB person (GND) ID: 118688855
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 118688855
Discogs artist ID: 3757273
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID: 118259
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Joseph-Elsner
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: jozef-ksawery-elsner
Encyklopedia Teatru Polskiego person ID: 76756
Europeana entity: agent/base/57143
FAST ID: 325620
FactGrid item ID: Ciba
Find a Grave memorial ID: 65931800
Freebase ID: /m/05s0gx
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: jozef-ksawery-elsner
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0023879
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID: 15108
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Józef_Elsner
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 4934661
Grove Music Online ID: 08750
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID: 17774
IDU person ID: 44311
IMSLP ID: Category:Elsner,_Józef
IdRef ID: 113722281
KANTO ID: 000207194
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 118688855
Kulturstiftung.org person ID: elsner-joseph-anton-franz
LiederNet composer ID: 3967
MusicBrainz artist ID: e2277648-e276-4348-ac5a-14a564c8ad18
Musicalics composer ID: 89099
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000237237
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA09735039
NL CR AUT ID: mzk2009539547
NUKAT ID: n96209080
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007410223405171
National Library of Latvia ID: 000317666
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:MIS;=BF
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810582795705606, 9810585450105606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 104173874
Obálky knih ID: mzk2009539547
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID: 3897629
Open Library ID: OL2217044A
OpenMLOL author ID: 51686
Operone composer ID: elsner
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095748612
Proleksis enciklopedija ID: 205
RERO ID (legacy): A010214387
RISM ID: people/30000957
SBN author ID: UBOV376319, MUSV024211
SNAC ARK ID: w6qf94tn
Sejm-Wielki.pl profile ID: psb.5231.1
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID: 3007
Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija ID: jozef-elsner
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJcBRFfCfPfjJcmm6BGWDq
Yale LUX ID: person/ce59f45b-d03b-4e3b-af38-b9aabb945760

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Occupation 5

composer, conductor, musicologist, music theorist, music educator

Genre 4

opera, classical music, symphony, liturgical music

Mb:teacher 4

Frédéric Chopin, Maria Szymanowska, Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, August Freyer

Student 4

Frédéric Chopin, August Freyer, Wiktor Każyński, Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki

Students 4

Frédéric Chopin, August Freyer, Wiktor Każyński, Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki

Described by source 3

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Polish Biographical Dictionary

Country of citizenship 2

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Congress Poland

Languages spoken, written or signed 2

German, Polish

Award received 1

Order of Saint Stanislaus

Employer 1

Chopin University of Music

FactGrid item ID 1

Ciba

Family name 1

Elsner

Field of work 1

art music

Founded entities 1

Chopin University of Music

Given name 1

Józef

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

violin

Member of 1

Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning

Place of birth 1

Grodków

Place of burial 1

Powązki Cemetery

Place of death 1

Warsaw

Sex or gender 1

male

Work location 1

Warsaw

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Summary

Józef Elsner was born on June 1, 1769^[1], in Grodków^[2]. He died on April 18, 1854^[3], in Warsaw^[4]. He worked as a conductor^[5], composer^[6], musicologist^[7], music educator^[8], and music theorist^[9].

FAQs

Where was Józef Elsner born?

Józef Elsner's place of birth was Grodków^[2].

Where did Józef Elsner die?

Józef Elsner died in Warsaw^[4].

What did Józef Elsner do for work?

Józef Elsner worked as a conductor^[5], composer^[6], musicologist^[7], music educator^[8], and music theorist^[9].

What awards did Józef Elsner receive?

Honors received include Order of Saint Stanislaus^[25].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Józef Elsner — place of birth (P19): Grodków. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-15. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Józef Elsner — place of death (P20): Warsaw. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-31. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Józef Elsner — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Józef Elsner — country of citizenship (P27): Congress Poland. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Józef Elsner — country of citizenship (P27): Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Józef Elsner — field of work (P101): art music. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Józef Elsner — occupation (P106): conductor. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Józef Elsner — occupation (P106): composer. Operone. Retrieved 2022-04-05. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Józef Elsner — occupation (P106): musicologist. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Józef Elsner — occupation (P106): music educator. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Józef Elsner — occupation (P106): music theorist. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Józef Elsner — occupation (P106): independent publisher. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Józef Elsner — occupation (P106): music director. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Józef Elsner — occupation (P106): violinist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Józef Elsner — occupation (P106): music teacher. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Józef Elsner — occupation (P106): opera singer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Józef Elsner — employer (P108): Chopin University of Music. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Józef Elsner — place of burial (P119): Powązki Cemetery. Find a Grave. Retrieved 2024-08-05. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Józef Elsner — genre (P136): opera. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Józef Elsner — genre (P136): liturgical music. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Józef Elsner — genre (P136): symphony. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Józef Elsner — genre (P136): classical music. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Józef Elsner — award received (P166): Order of Saint Stanislaus. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Józef Elsner — member of (P463): Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Józef Elsner — date of birth (P569): June 1, 1769. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-29. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Józef Elsner — date of death (P570): April 18, 1854. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-29. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Józef Elsner — family name (P734): Elsner. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Józef Elsner — given name (P735): Józef. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Józef Elsner — student (P802): Wiktor Każyński. Q27776323. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Józef Elsner — student (P802): Frédéric Chopin. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Józef Elsner — student (P802): August Freyer. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Józef Elsner — student (P802): Romuald Zientarski. Q25865232. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Józef Elsner — student (P802): Tomasz Napoleon Nidecki. Q27775391. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Józef Elsner — work location (P937): Warsaw. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2015-03-29. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Józef Elsner — instrument (P1303): violin. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Józef Elsner — described by source (P1343): Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie. de.wikisource.org. de.wikisource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Józef Elsner — described by source (P1343): Riemann's Music Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Józef Elsner — described by source (P1343): Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Józef Elsner — described by source (P1343): Polish Biographical Dictionary. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Józef Elsner — described by source (P1343): Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1950–1958). wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Józef Elsner — described by source (P1343): Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Józef Elsner — described by source (P1343): Neue Deutsche Biographie. Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved 2026-11-02. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Józef Elsner — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Polish. IdRef. Retrieved 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ Józef Elsner — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): German. CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
[45] ↑ Józef Elsner — name in native language (P1559): Józef Elsner. wikidata.org.
[46] ↑ Józef Elsner — different from (P1889): Józef Elsner. wikidata.org.

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