Julian Fontana

Julian (or Jules) Fontana (July 31,Fact|date=August 2007 1810 - December 23,Dubious|date=March 2008 1869) was a Polish pianist, composer, lawyer, author and entrepreneur, best remembered as a close friend and musical executor of Frédéric Chopin.

Born Warsaw, Fontana studied law at the University of Warsaw and music under Józef Elsner at the conservatory where he met Chopin. Fontana left Warsaw in 1831, after the November Uprising and settled in Hamburg, before becoming a pianist and teacher in Paris in 1832.Dziębowska (2007)] He took up a wandering life that included:
*England and France (1833-1837);
*New York and Havana (1842-1851) - he gave concerts with Camillo Sivori;
*Montgeron, Paris (1852) - becoming part of the literary scene and friends with Adam Mickiewicz.

In Paris, some time after 1848, Fontana married Juana Camila Dalcour (1818–1855), widow of Stephen Cattley Tennant (1800–1848), a merchant, and mother of Enriqueta Augustina Tennant (1843-1908).Farnie (2006)]

He succumbed to deafness and poverty and committed suicide.

References

Bibliography

*Dziębowska, E. (2007) " [http://www.grovemusic.com/shared/views/article.html?from=search&session_search_id=541860988&hitnum=11&section=music.09949 Fontana, Julian] , "Grove Music Online", access date 19 August 2007 (subscription required)
* cite book | author=Ekier, J. | title=Chopin Studies 7 | publisher=Frederick Chopin Society | location=Warsaw | year=2000 | pages=3-77
*Farnie, D.A. (2006) " [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/48940 Rylands , Enriqueta Augustina (1843–1908)] ", "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, online edn, Oct 2006 , accessed 20 August 2007 ODNBsub
* cite journal | title=Julian Fontana: El introductor de Chopin en Cuba | author=Ferrer, C. T. | journal=Revista de Musicologia | year=1988 | pages=1–28
*Hardynski, W. (1948) "Jules Fontana", "Polski Slownik Biograficzny", 7.58–9
* cite book | title=A History of Nineteenth Century American-Polish Music | author=Janta, A. | publisher=Kosciuszko Foundation | location=New York | year=1982 | id=ISBN 9992999330
* cite book | author=Michałowski, K. | title=Bibliografia Chopinowska 1849–1969 | publisher=Kraków | year=1970
* cite journal | author=Poradowska, M. | title=Lettres inédites de Fredéric Chopin au compositeur Fontana | journal=Revue Hebdomadaire | pages=25 January | year=1902
* cite book | author=Sydow, B.E. (ed.) | title=Korespondencja Fryderyka Chopina | publisher=Warsaw | year=1955 , French translation, 1953–60; English translation, abridged, 1962

External links

* cite web | url=http://www.julianfontana.com/biography/biography.html | title=Julian (Jules) Fontana (1810-1869) | work=Julian Fontana: In the Shadow of Chopin | accessdate=2007-08-19