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Jan Ladislav Dussek

Jan Ladislav Dussek (baptized Václav Jan Dusík [1], his surname was written also Duschek) (February 12, 1760 in Čáslav - March 20, 1812 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a Czech composer and pianist. He was an important representative of Czech music abroad in the second half of 18th century and the beginning of 19th century. Dussek in his works anticipated some features of musical Romanticism.[2]

Life

The Dussek family has an extraordinarily long history as professional musicians, starting at least as early as Jan Ladislav's grandfather Jan Josef Dusík (b. 1712), and lasting in the Moravian branch of the family at least into the 1970s. Jan Ladislav's mother, Veronika Dusíková (née Štěbetová), was a harpist, and he composed much music for the harp as well as for the piano.[1]

St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen

He studied music at the Jesuit gymnasium in Jihlava, as a pupil of Ladislav Spinar. After early studies in Bohemia, in 1779, Dussek traveled to Belgium, where he became the organist at the St. Rumbold's cathedral in Mechelen.[1] Following that, he travelled to Netherlands, and in 1783 to Germany, where he studied under C. P. E. Bach.[3] From there, he moved to St. Petersburg, where he was, for a time, a favourite of Catherine the Great. However, after a while, he fled St. Petersburg just ahead of Catherine's secret police, who accused him of involvement in a plot to assassinate Catherine.[4] Given Dussek's lifelong royalist sympathies, his well-attested personal good looks, and Catherine's proclivity for beautiful young men, a different explanation seems more probable.

After Dussek left St. Petersburg, he took a position as music director for Prince Antoni Radziwiłł in Lithuania for a year, after which he toured Germany in the mid 1780s as a virtuoso performer on the piano and on the glass harmonica.[1] Later he went to France where he became a favourite of Marie Antoinette, who tried to dissuade him from taking a performing tour to Milan in 1788.[4] On the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789, Dussek fled France for England, going to London.[4] Continuing his romantic exploits, he took with him the harpist wife of the composer Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz, who drowned himself into the Seine as a consequence.

In London Dussek continued his blossoming career as a virtuoso performer, gaining great praise from Joseph Haydn, who wrote a glowing note to Dussek's father after one of the Salomon concerts which featured works by both composers.[3][3] In London, Dussek joined forces with a music publisher named Domenico Corri to form a company which later went bankrupt.[1] Dussek soon abandoned Madame Krumpholtz in favour of Corri's young daughter, Sophia, whom he married.[4] Sophia Dussek was a singer, pianist, and harpist who later became known in her own right. Together, they had a daughter, but the marriage was not happy, involving liaisons by both parties.

Apart from his own music, Dussek is important in the history of music because of his friendship with John Broadwood, the developer of the "English Action" piano. Because his own music demanded strength and range not available in the then current pianos, he pushed Broadwood into several extensions of the range and sonority of the instrument. It was a Broadwood instrument with Dussek's improvements that was sent to Beethoven. And it was while Dussek was having dinner with John Broadwood that his wife left with her lover, though she later returned to Dussek when her lover rejected her. When the firm of Dussek and Corri went bankrupt, Dussek left England for Germany, leaving behind his family, and with his father-in-law in a debtor's jail.[3]

Jan Ladislav Dussek, detail of a drawing by Pierre Condé

In Germany, initially, he became one of the first "glamour" touring pianists, preceding Franz Liszt.[5] According to Louis Spohr, Dussek was the first to turn the piano sideways on the stage "so that the ladies could admire his handsome profile."[5] Before long, however, he took up a position with Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, who treated him more as a friend and colleague than as an employee. Together, they sometimes enjoyed what were called "musical orgies." When Prince Louis Ferdinand was killed in the Battle of Saalfeld, Dussek wrote the moving Sonata in F sharp minor, Elégie harmonique, Op. 61 (C. 211).[6]

In 1807, despite his earlier affiliation with Marie Antoinette, Dussek returned to Paris in the employ of Talleyrand, the powerful French foreign minister.[6] He wrote a powerful sonata (Sonata in A flat major, Op. 64, C. 221) called Le Retour à Paris (The Return to Paris). This imposing sonata also received the nickname Plus Ultra in heated response to a piano sonata by Joseph Woelfl, said to be the last word in pianistic difficulties, entitled Ne Plus Ultra. The remainder of his life he spent performing, teaching and composing in Prussia and France. His personal beauty had faded and he became grossly fat, in fact being unable eventually to reach the piano keyboard, and unfortunately he had developed a fondness for strong drink which hastened his death.

Style

Dussek was an important predecessor of the Romantic composers for piano, especially Chopin, Schumann and Mendelssohn.[6] Many of his works sound strikingly "modern", especially when compared with the late Classical style of other composers of the time; yet it remains a controversial point whether or not the later composers were influenced by Dussek, since his works were out of fashion by the time they were writing. Dussek may have been an independent line of development without followers, somewhat in the manner of Gesualdo. Stylistically Dussek has much more in common with the Romantic era than the Classical era, even though most of his work preceded the commonly accepted beginning of the Romantic era by at least two decades.

Some of his more famous and notable works include many solo piano pieces, many of which have programmatic titles, such as The Sufferings of the Queen of France (1793), a series of episodes of varying lengths, with interpolated texts relating to the Queen's misfortunes, including her sorrow at being separated from her children and her final moments on the scaffold before the guillotine. He also wrote 34 piano sonatas, many piano concertos, sonatas for violin and piano, a musical drama, and various works of chamber music, including a Trio for piano, horn and violin, and the highly unusual sonata for piano, violin, cello and percussion entitled The Naval Battle and Total Defeat of the Dutch by Admiral Duncan (1797), which is an extremely rare example of pre-20th century chamber music which includes percussion.

Tributes by other composers

The Austrian-Australian composer Eric Gross has written an orchestral suite Dussekiana, based on piano pieces of Dussek.

Works list

Craw 1 \ Keyboard Concerto in B flat major
Craw 2 \ Keyboard Concerto Op. 1 No. 1 in C major
Craw 3 \ Keyboard Concerto Op. 1 No. 2 in E flat major
Craw 4 \ Keyboard Concerto Op. 1 No. 3 in G major
Craw 5 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 1 No. 1 in B flat major
Craw 6 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 1 No. 2 in G major
Craw 7 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 1 No. 3 in C major
Craw 8 \ Overture to "Le droit d'ainesse" for keyboard in D major
Craw 9 \ Overture to "Zémire et Azor" for keyboard in D major
Craw 10 \ General Suwarrow's March arranged for piano in E flat major
Craw 11 \ Piano Trio Op. 1 (1786) No. 1 (lost)
Craw 12 \ Piano Trio Op. 1 (1786) No. 2 (lost)
Craw 13 \ Piano Trio Op. 1 (1786) No. 3 (lost)
Craw 14 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 2 No. 1 in C major
Craw 15 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 2 No. 2 in F major
Craw 16 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 2 No. 3 in C minor
Craw 17 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 46 No. 1 in C major
Craw 18 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 46 No. 2 in F major
Craw 19 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 46 No. 3 in B flat major
Craw 20 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 46 No. 4 in C major
Craw 21 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 46 No. 5 in D major
Craw 22 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 46 No. 6 in G major
Craw 23 \ Sonata for piano & flute Op. 51 No. 1 in G major
Craw 24 \ Sonata for piano & flute Op. 51 No. 2 in D major
Craw 25 \ Sonata for piano & flute Op. 51 No. 3 in C major
Craw 26 \ Easter Cantata in C major
Craw 27 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 1 No. 1 in C major
Craw 28 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 1 No. 2 in B flat major
Craw 29 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 1 No. 3 in F major
Craw 30 \ Piano Trio Op. 2 No. 1 in C major
Craw 31 \ Piano Trio Op. 2 No. 2 in B flat major
Craw 32 \ Piano Trio Op. 2 No. 3 in E minor
Craw 33 \ Keyboard Concerto Op. 3 in E flat major
Craw 34 \ Piano Trio Op. 1 (1787) No. 1 (lost)
Craw 35 \ Piano Trio Op. 1 (1787) No. 2 (lost)
Craw 36 \ Piano Trio Op. 1 (1787) No. 3 (lost)
Craw 37 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 4 No. 1 in F major
Craw 38 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 4 No. 2 in E flat major
Craw 39 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 4 No. 3 in F minor
Craw 40 \ Keyboard Sonata in G major
Craw 41 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 5 No. 1 in G major
Craw 42 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 5 No. 2 in B flat major
Craw 43 \ Keyboard Sonata Op. 5 No. 3 in A flat major
Craw 44 \ Petit air connu varié for keyboard Op. 6 No. 1 in E flat major
Craw 45 \ Petit air connu varié for keyboard Op. 6 No. 2 in F major
Craw 46 \ Petit air connu varié for keyboard Op. 6 No. 3 in A major
Craw 47 \ Petit air connu varié for keyboard Op. 6 No. 4 in D minor
Craw 48 \ Petit air connu varié for keyboard Op. 6 No. 5 in G minor
Craw 49 \ Petit air connu varié for keyboard Op. 6 No. 6 in G minor
Craw 50 \ Sonata for keyboard & flute Op. 7 No. 1 in C major
Craw 51 \ Sonata for keyboard & flute Op. 7 No. 2 in G major
Craw 52 \ Sonata for keyboard & flute Op. 7 No. 3 in E flat major
Craw 53 \ Harp Concerto Op. 15 in E flat major
Craw 54a \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 8 No. 1 in C major
Craw 54b \ Piano Trio Op. 20 No. 1 in C major
Craw 55a \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 8 No. 2 in F major
Craw 55b \ Piano Trio Op. 20 No. 3 in F major
Craw 56a \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 8 No. 3 in A major
Craw 56b \ Piano Trio Op. 20 No. 2 in A major
Craw 57 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 9 No. 1 in B flat major
Craw 58 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 9 No. 2 in C major
Craw 59 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 9 No. 3 in D major
Craw 60 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 10 No. 1 in A major
Craw 61 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 10 No. 2 in G minor
Craw 62 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 10 No. 3 in E major
Craw 63 \ Duet for harp & piano Op. 11 in F major
Craw 64 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 12 No. 1 in F major
Craw 65 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 12 No. 2 in B flat major
Craw 66 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 12 No. 3 in C major
Craw 67 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 13 No. 1 in B flat major
Craw 68 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 13 No. 2 in D major
Craw 69 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 13 No. 3 in G major
Craw 70 \ Romance de Figaro for keyboard (lost)
Craw 71 \ Piano Sonata Op. 14 No. 1 in C major
Craw 72 \ Piano Sonata Op. 14 No. 2 in G major
Craw 73 \ Piano Sonata Op. 14 No. 3 in F major
Craw 74 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 16 No. 1 in C major
Craw 75 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 16 No. 2 in F major
Craw 76 \ Sonata for keyboard & violin Op. 16 No. 3 in G major
Craw 77 \ Keyboard Concerto Op. 14 in F major
Craw 78 \ Keyboard Concerto Op. 17 in F major
Craw 79 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 18 No. 1 in B flat major
Craw 80 \ Piano Sonata Op. 18 No. 2 in A minor
Craw 81 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 18 No. 3 in E flat major
Craw 82 \ Air de Calpigi varié for piano in C major
Craw 83 \ Variations for keyboard on a theme by Salieri (lost)
Craw 84 \ Favorite air varied for keyboard in B flat major
Craw 85 \ Favorite air varied for keyboard in C major
Craw 86 \ Favorite air varied for keyboard in F major
Craw 87 \ God Save the King with variations for piano in C major
Craw 88 \ Sonata for keyboard & flute Op. 19 No. 1 in G major
Craw 89 \ Sonata for keyboard & flute Op. 19 No. 2 in C major
Craw 90 \ Sonata for keyboard & flute Op. 19 No. 3 in F major
Craw 91 \ Sonata for keyboard & flute Op. 19 No. 4 in A major
Craw 92 \ Sonata for keyboard & flute Op. 19 No. 5 in C major
Craw 93 \ Sonata for keyboard & flute Op. 19 No. 6 in E flat major
Craw 94 \ Trio for piano, flute & cello Op. 21 in C major
Craw 95 \ The Rosary arranged for piano in B flat major
Craw 96 \ Piano Sonata Op. 24 in B flat major
Craw 97 \ Piano Concerto Op. 22 in B flat major
Craw 98 \ The Sufferings of the Queen of France for keyboard Op. 23 in C minor
Craw 99 \ Favorite song arranged as a rondo for keyboard in F major
Craw 100 \ Rosline Castle with variations for piano in C minor
Craw 101 \ Within a mile of Edinburgh with variations for keyboard in B flat major
Craw 102 \ Duet for harp & piano Op. 26 in F major
Craw 103 \ Lord Howe's Hornpipe arranged for piano in F major
Craw 104 \ Piano Concerto Op. 27 in F major
Craw 105 \ Viotti's favorite polacca arranged for piano in A major
Craw 106 \ Leçon progressive for keyboard Op. 32 No. 1 in C major
Craw 107 \ Leçon progressive for keyboard Op. 32 No. 2 in F major
Craw 108 \ Leçon progressive for keyboard Op. 32 No. 3 in C major
Craw 109 \ Leçon progressive for keyboard Op. 32 No. 4 in F major
Craw 110 \ Leçon progressive for keyboard Op. 32 No. 5 in C major
Craw 111 \ Leçon progressive for keyboard Op. 32 No. 6 in F major
Craw 112 \ Leçon progressive for keyboard Op. 32 No. 7 in B flat major
Craw 113 \ Leçon progressive for keyboard Op. 32 No. 8 in G major
Craw 114 \ Leçon progressive for keyboard Op. 32 No. 9 in B flat major
Craw 115 \ Leçon progressive for keyboard Op. 32 No. 10 in G major
Craw 116 \ Leçon progressive for keyboard Op. 32 No. 11 in G minor
Craw 117 \ Leçon progressive for keyboard Op. 32 No. 12 in G major
Craw 118 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 28 No. 1 in C major
Craw 119 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 28 No. 2 in F major
Craw 120 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 28 No. 3 in B flat major
Craw 121 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 28 No. 4 in D major
Craw 122 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 28 No. 5 in G minor
Craw 123 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 28 No. 6 in E flat major
Craw 124 \ Favorite Welsh air arranged for piano in A major
Craw 125 \ Piano Concerto Op. 29 in C major
Craw 126 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 25 No. 1 in F major
Craw 127 \ Piano Sonata Op. 25 No. 2 in D major
Craw 128 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 25 No. 3 in G major
Craw 129 \ Harp Concerto Op. 30 in C major
Craw 130 \ Grand March in Alceste arranged for piano in G major
Craw 131 \ Madame Del Caro's Hornpipe arranged for piano in A major
Craw 132 \ Piano Trio Op. 31 No. 1 in B flat major
Craw 133 \ Piano Sonata Op. 31 No. 2 in D major
Craw 134 \ Piano Trio Op. 31 No. 3 in C major
Craw 135 \ Prelude for piano Op. 31 No. 1 in B flat major
Craw 136 \ Prelude for piano Op. 31 No. 2 in D major
Craw 137 \ Prelude for piano Op. 31 No. 3 in C major
Craw 138 \ A Scotch air arranged for piano in F major
Craw 139 \ The Royal quick step arranged for piano in G major
Craw 140 \ Scythian Dance arranged for piano in C minor
Craw 141 \ Piano Trio Op. 24 No. 1 in F major
Craw 142 \ Piano Trio Op. 24 No. 2 in D major
Craw 143 \ Piano Trio Op. 24 No. 3 in B flat major
Craw 144 \ Sonata for piano 4 hands Op. 33 in C major
Craw 145 \ Alla Tedesca arranged for piano in b flat major
Craw 146 \ La Chasse for piano in F major
Craw 147 \ Harp Sonata Op. 34 No. 1 in E flat major
Craw 148 \ Harp Sonata Op. 34 No. 2 in B flat major
Craw 149 \ Piano Sonata Op. 35 No. 1 in B flat major
Craw 150 \ Piano Sonata Op. 35 No. 2 in G major
Craw 151 \ Piano Sonata Op. 35 No. 3 in C minor
Craw 152 \ The Naval Battle and Total Defeat for piano in D major
Craw 153 \ Piano Concerto Op. 40 in B flat major
Craw 154 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 36 in C major
Craw 155 \ The favorite Romance of the Captive of Spilberg
Craw 156 \ Music composed for the Ceremony of the Victories for piano in D major
Craw 157 \ Favorite duet of Tink a Tink arranged for piano in G major
Craw 158 \ Piano Concerto in F major
Craw 159 \ Overture to "Feudal Times" in C major
Craw 160 \ Harp Sonatine I in C major
Craw 161 \ Harp Sonatine II in F major
Craw 162 \ Harp Sonatine III in G major
Craw 163 \ Harp Sonatine IV in B flat major
Craw 164 \ Harp Sonatine V in F major
Craw 165 \ Harp Sonatine VI in E flat major
Craw 166 \ Piano Sonata Op. 39 No. 1 in G major
Craw 167 \ Piano Sonata Op. 39 No. 2 in C major
Craw 168 \ Piano Sonata Op. 39 No. 3 in B flat major
Craw 169 \ Piano Trio Op. 37 in E flat major
Craw 170 \ Duet for harp & piano Op. 38 in E flat major
Craw 171 \ Poor Jonas with variations for piano (lost)
Craw 172 \ Piano Quintet Op. 41 in F minor
Craw 173 \ Overture to "Pizarro" composed and arranged for piano in D minor
Craw 174 \ Favorite duet of All shall leave arranged for piano in G major
Craw 175 \ Favorite duet of Adieu arranged for piano in B flat major
Craw 176 \ Chi serba costanza in B flat major
Craw 177 \ Piano Sonata Op. 43 in A major
Craw 178 \ Piano Sonata Op. 44 in E flat major
Craw 179 \ Piano Sonata Op. 45 No. 1 in B flat major
Craw 180 \ Piano Sonata Op. 45 No. 2 in G major
Craw 181 \ Piano Sonata Op. 45 No. 3 in D major
Craw 182 \ Sonata for microchordon in B flat major Op. 45
Craw 183 \ Harp Sonata in F major
Craw 184 \ Piano Sonata Op. 47 No. 1 in D major
Craw 185 \ Piano Sonata Op. 47 No. 2 in G major
Craw 186 \ Sonata for piano 4 hands Op. 48 in C major
Craw 187 \ Piano Concerto Op. 49 in G minor
Craw 188 \ Favorite duet polonoise for piano 3 hands in E flat major Op. 50
Craw 189 \ Duettino for harp & piano in C major
Craw 190 \ Duettino for harp & piano in F major
Craw 191 \ Waltz I for piano & violin or flute in G major
Craw 192 \ Waltz II for piano & violin or flute in B flat major
Craw 193 \ Waltz III for piano & violin or flute in C major
Craw 194 \ Waltz IV for piano & violin or flute in A major
Craw 195 \ Waltz V for piano & violin or flute in B flat major
Craw 196 \ Waltz VI for piano & violin or flute in F major
Craw 197 \ Piano Quartet in E flat major Op. 56
Craw 198 \ Ertönet laut ihr bebenden Saiten in B flat major
Craw 199 \ Fantasia & fugue for piano in F minor Op. 55
Craw 200 \ Canzonet Op. 52 No. 1 "Sehnsucht der Liebe" in C major
Craw 201 \ Canzonet Op. 52 No. 2 "Klage der Liebe" in A flat major
Craw 202 \ Canzonet Op. 52 No. 3 "Hoffnung" in E flat major
Craw 203 \ Canzonet Op. 52 No. 4 "Das Warum" in E flat major
Craw 204 \ Canzonet Op. 52 No. 5 "Dauer der Liebe" in G major
Craw 205 \ Canzonet Op. 52 No. 6 "Eigensinn der Liebe" in B flat major
Craw 206 \ Concerto for 2 pianos in B flat major Op. 63
Craw 207 \ Sonata for piano 4 hands in C major
Craw 208 \ String Quartet Op. 60 No. 1 in G major
Craw 209 \ String Quartet Op. 60 No. 2 in B flat major
Craw 210 \ String Quartet Op. 60 No. 3 in E flat major
Craw 211 \ Elégie harmonique sur la mort de Louis Ferdinand Op. 61
Craw 212 \ La Consolation for piano in B flat major Op. 62
Craw 213 \ Lied in drei Noten B C D in B flat major
Craw 214 \ Trio for piano, flute & cello Op. 65 in F major
Craw 215 \ Canon a 4: Ha, ha, ich merke wohl in B flat major
Craw 216 \ Canon a 4: Venerabilis Barba in B minor
Craw 217 \ Canon a 3: Weg mit Quart und Folio Bänden in G major
Craw 218 \ Canon a 4: Ach, wie soll ich das gestehen in F minor
Craw 219 \ Canon a 4: Mit Mädchen sich vertragen in A major
Craw 220 \ Canon a 4: Der Zornige in G minor
Craw 221 \ Piano Sonata Op. 64 in A sharp major
Craw 222 \ Anglaise for piano in C major
Craw 223 \ Anglaise for piano in G major
Craw 224 \ Waltz for piano in C major
Craw 225 \ Waltz for piano in E flat major
Craw 226 \ Andantino con variazioni for piano in A major
Craw 227 \ Fugue for piano 4 hands Op. 64 No. 1 in D major
Craw 228 \ Fugue for piano 4 hands Op. 64 No. 2 in G minor
Craw 229 \ Fugue for piano 4 hands Op. 64 No. 3 in F major
Craw 230 \ Sonata for piano 4 hands Op. 67 No. 1 in C major
Craw 231 \ Sonata for piano 4 hands Op. 67 No. 2 in F major
Craw 232 \ Sonata for piano 4 hands Op. 67 No. 3 in B flat major
Craw 233 \ Notturno Concertante in E flat major Op. 68
Craw 234 \ Duet for harp & piano Op. 74 in B flat major
Craw 235 \ Variations for piano Op. 71 No. 1 in B flat major
Craw 236 \ Variations for piano Op. 71 No. 2 in F major
Craw 237 \ Variations for piano Op. 71 No. 3 in C major
Craw 238 \ Piano Concerto Op. 70 in E flat major
Craw 239 \ Duet for harp & piano Op. 72 in E flat major
Craw 240 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 69 No. 1 in B flat major
Craw 241 \ Sonata for piano & violin Op. 69 No. 2 in G major
Craw 242 \ Piano Sonata Op. 69 No. 3 in D major
Craw 243 \ Duet for harp & piano Op. 73 in F major
Craw 244 \ Variations for piano Op. 71 No. 4 in G major
Craw 245 \ Variations for piano Op. 71 No. 5 in C minor
Craw 246 \ Variations for piano Op. 71 No. 6 in B flat major
Craw 247 \ Piano Sonata Op. 75 in E flat major
Craw 248 \ Fantasia for piano in F major Op. 76
Craw 249 \ Romance favorite for piano in E flat major
Craw 250 \ Duet for violins Op. 58 No. 1 (lost)
Craw 251 \ Duet for violins Op. 58 No. 2 (lost)
Craw 252 \ Duet for violins Op. 58 No. 3 (lost)
Craw 253 \ Duet for violins Op. 58 No. 4 (lost)
Craw 254 \ Duet for violins Op. 58 No. 5 (lost)
Craw 255 \ Duet for violins Op. 58 No. 6 (lost)
Craw 256 \ Messe Solemnelle in G major
Craw 257 \ Favorite air adapted for harp & piano in E flat major
Craw 258 \ Favorite air adapted for harp & piano in B flat major
Craw 259 \ Piano Sonata Op. 77 in F minor
Craw 260 \ Piano Trio Op. post No. 1 in E flat major
Craw 261 \ Piano Trio Op. post No. 2 in B flat major
Craw 262 \ Canon a 4: Il Escorcismo della Podagra in C minor
Craw 263 \ The Brunswick March for piano in D major
Craw 264 \ Harp Sonata in B flat major
Craw 265 \ Harp Concerto in E flat major (lost)
Craw 266 \ Harp Concerto in F major (lost)
Craw 267 \ Harp Concerto in C major (lost)
Craw 268-277 \ 6 Contredanses & 4 Waltzes by Mozart arr. for piano (lost)
Craw 278 \ Fernando's Hochgesang an Clara for piano in G major
Craw 279 \ Lieli e amorosi for tenor (lost)
Craw 280 \ La mia testa in C major
Craw 281 \ Moravian Waltz for piano in D major
Craw 282 \ Piano Sonata (lost)
Craw 283 \ Turkish March for piano in C major
Craw 284 \ Art of Playing the Piano Forte or Harpsichord
Craw 285 \ Méthode pour le Piano Forte et Doigté
Craw 286 \ Klavierschule von J. Pleyel
Craw 287 \ Pianoforte-Schule nach der Englischen Ausgabe
Craw D 1 \ Favorite air varied for harp in B flat major
Craw D 2 \ Favorite air varied for harp in C minor
Craw D 3 \ Andantino brillante with variation for harp in B flat major
Craw D 4 \ Italian air varied for harp & flute in B flat major
Craw D 5 \ Italian air varied for harp & flute in E flat major
Craw D 6 \ Italian air varied for harp & flute in C minor
Craw D 7 \ Harpsichord Concerto in A major
Craw D 8 \ Harpsichord Concerto in D major
Craw D 9 \ Nocturne russe for harp in E flat major
Craw D10 \ Favorite air arranged for harp in B flat major
Craw D11 \ Serenade in E flat major
Craw D12 \ Harp Sonata Op. 2 No. 1 in B flat major
Craw D13 \ Harp Sonata Op. 2 No. 2 in G major
Craw D14 \ Harp Sonata Op. 2 No. 3 in C minor
Craw D15-20 \ 6 Piano Sonatas
Craw deest \ Organ Voluntary on a theme by Handel

Theoretical works

  • Dusseks Introduction on the Art of Playing the Pf. or Harpsichord (London, Corri 1797)
  • Keine theoretisch-praktische Kavierschule von Pleyel, Dussek und Cramer (Vienna, T. Haslinger, undated)
  • 24 Leçons... de la méthode ... par Pleyel et Dussek (Copenhagen, Hally, undated)
  • Dodici lezzioni progress. con arie caratteristiche di diff. nazioni (autograph in the library of the Conservatory in Florence)[7]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Československý hudební slovník I. A-L (1963), p. 271 Template:Cs icon
  2. ^ Sonate I-VII. (1984), p. XXIII
  3. ^ a b c d "Jan Ladislav Dussek". Encyclopaedia Brittanica. Retrieved 8 January 2009. Cite error: The named reference "autogenerated3" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c d Sonate I-VII. (1984), p. XXIV
  5. ^ a b Sonate I-VII. (1984), p. XXV
  6. ^ a b c Československý hudební slovník I. A-L (1963), p. 272 Template:Cs icon
  7. ^ Sonate I-VII. (1984), p. XXVII

References

  • Černušák, Gracián (ed.) (1963). Československý hudební slovník I. A-L. Prague: Státní hudební vydavatelství. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) Template:Cs icon
  • Dusík, Jan Ladislav (1984). Sonate I-VII (Piano), Volume primo. Prague: Editio Supraphon. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) H3099