Franz Lauska

Franz Seraphin Lauska was a Moravian pianist, composer, and teacher of Giacomo Meyerbeer and Felix Mendelssohn . Around 1816 he gave piano lessons to Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn. He died in Berlin, aged 61.

Works Lauska wrote a great deal of piano music (approximately 25 sonatas, rondos, variations, polonaises, capriccios, etc.), much of it technically undemanding and intended for beginners, amateurs, and his pupils. His music is uncomplicated and typical of the musical style at the time. Polonoise, Op. 42, for piano (Leipzig, no. date) Rondeaux brillants et agréables, Op. 44 (Leipzig, ca. 1820) Sonate agreeable, Op. 46 (Leipzig, no date) Der Fackeltanz, for piano four hands (Berlin, ca. 1823) Chamber music: Sonate facile, Op. 18, for piano and violin (Munich, 1802–1803)