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Danek, Wincenty (EN)

Biography

Danek Wincenty, *5 April 1812 Sułkowice county Wadowice, †21 June 1879 Lviv, Polish musician, amateur composer and organiser of musical life, lawyer by profession. He worked in the tax administration, was mayor in Sokal, Żółkwia and Sambor, starost in Bochnia and Przemyśl, chief prosecutor and court counsellor in Lviv. He was active in the Galician Musical Society as vice-president and president in 1871–77; in 1877 he became an honorary member of this Society.

Compositions

popular dances for piano, including published mazurkas, quadrilles and polkas, 3 issues, Lviv 1875 and 16 polonaises Op. 51–54, in 4 series, 1876