Stolpe, Alojzy (mł.)
Stolpe Alojzy the Elder, †30 May 1824 Warsaw, Polish pianist, teacher and conductor, probably of Swedish origin. His date of birth is unknown; all that is known is that he lived for less than 40 years. Having settled in Warsaw, he taught piano privately, from 1819 to the end of his life – in two piano classes at the conservatory, with P. Wejnert’s help. His students (from 1821) were T. Nidecki and F. Ostrowski. He conducted concerts in churches, including, on 22 November 1818 in the church of St. Anna (Bernardine Fathers). He gained great popularity as the author of polonaises. According to F. Pazdírek (Universal-Handbuch der Musikliteratur), 30 polonaises by Alojzy Stolpe the Elder were published by Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig.
Literature: “Gazeta Warszawska” 1818 No. 43 (supplement 2); “Kurier Warszawski” 1824 No. 130 (obituary).
Variations… C major for piano, performed in Gdańsk 2001, Leipzig before 1808 B & H (PAN Library in Gdańsk)
Dix variations… for piano, Warsaw1808 I. Cybulski (Warsaw Public Library and National Library)
Huit polonaises… for piano, polonaises B-flat major No. 6 and G major No. 7, “Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung” 1813 No. 4, music supplement, manuscript (WTM Library) lost during WWII
Quinze Polonoises… for piano, 2 issues, Leipzig [1813] B & H (issue 2 Warsaw Public Library, issues 1 and 2 — reprint from circa 1818 —M. Kopernik University Library in Toruń)
Polonoise and Quatre Polonoises for piano, Poznań 1816 ed. and print J. Decker i Kompania
Polonaise pour le fortepiano avec accompagnement d’un flageolet, violon ou flûte…, Warsaw 1820 L. Lettonne (M. Kopernik University Library in Toruń)
Polonoise in C major for piano, Warsaw 1826 A. Brzezina (Jagiellonian Library)
Polonaise militaire in F minor for piano, Warsaw 1823 A. Brzezina (Jagiellonian Library and M. Kopernik University Library in Toruń)
Douze différentes danses… for piano, Warsaw 1823 A. Brzezina (Jagiellonian Library)
Wariacje for violin and piano, Warsaw 1823 J. Widrychiewicz