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Also known as Felix Yaniewicz

Polish composer and violinist

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Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Poland
Active from
1762-01-01
Active to
1848-05-21

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Feliks Janiewicz, in English often Felix Yaniewicz (Vilnius 1762 - 21 May 1848 Edinburgh) was a Polish composer and violinist in exile and one of the founders of the Edinburgh Festival. He was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, 1762. At an early age, he was violinist at the Polish Royal Chapel, after which he travelled to Vienna about 1785 to see and listen to Haydn and Mozart, and spending three years in Italy. From Austria, he accompanied a Polish princess to Italy <a href="https://www.last.fm/music

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date of birth
1762-01-01
date of death
1848-05-21
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