- Charles Wels
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Charles Wels (24 August 1825 in Prague – 12 May 1906 in New York City)[1] was a Bohemian-American pianist, organist, composer, and music teacher. He studied under Václav Tomášek before relocating to the US. In the US he did piano compositions and a funeral march for Abraham Lincoln.[2] (The Library of Congress has scanned in some 5 dozen compositions by Wels into their American Memory collection.)
He was briefly a Polish court-musician from 1847 to 1849[3].
His pupils included Samuel Brenton Whitney.
Web sources
- ^ "VIAF/LOC, from Baker's and Altmann". http://errol.oclc.org/laf/no%2000080579.html. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ Library of Congress
- ^ Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians vol.6, 1920 American Supplement, page 28.
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