About József Kossovits
Lived 1701 – 1819 (aged 117–118). József Kossovits was a Hungarian composer and cellist.
József Kossovits (born after 1750; died after 1819, possibly in Košice) was a Hungarian composer and cellist.
Kossovits was employed by various members of the Hungarian nobility, including the Andrássy family. Many of his compositions are dances in the verbunkos style. Some of his melodies were used by Franz Liszt, who believed them to be of Hungarian Gypsy origin, in his Hungarian Rhapsodies.
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Hungarian composer and cellist
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József Kossovits was born in 1701 in Košice.
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József Kossovits died in 1819 in Košice.
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József Kossovits was a composer and cellist.
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József Kossovits was Hungarian.
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