About Charles Wels
Lived 1825 – 1906 (aged 80). Charles Wels was an American composer, pianist, music educator and organist.
Charles Wels (August 24, 1825 in Prague – May 12, 1906 in New York City) was an American pianist, organist, composer, and music teacher. He studied under Václav Tomášek before relocating to the US. In the US he produced piano compositions and a funeral march for Abraham Lincoln. (The Library of Congress has scanned in 60 compositions by Wels into its American Memory collection.)
He was briefly a Polish court-musician from 1847 to 1849. In the 1860s he was organist at Christ Church of New York.
His pupils included Samuel Brenton Whitney.
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Who was Charles Wels?
American composer (1825–1906)
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Charles Wels was born on 24 August 1825 in Prague.
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Charles Wels died on 9 May 1906 in The Bronx, New York City.
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Charles Wels was a composer, pianist, music educator and organist.
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Charles Wels was American.
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