August Freyer
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Karol August Freyer (15 December 1801 – 28 May 1883) was a Polish musician and composer, specializing in both performance and composition on the organ.
Freyer was born in Saxony in 1801.[1][2] He moved to Warsaw and began his musical career there as a double bass player.[3] He became organist at the Warsaw Evangelical Church, had the organ rebuilt, and turned his church into a prominent musical location[3] while becoming the prominent organist and organ teacher in Warsaw.[2] He made a tour of northern Germany as an organist, from which he received wide acclaim.[2]
He was a musical pupil of Józef Elsner.[4] and became a close associate of Adolf Friedrich Hesse. He promoted Hesse's music to Mikhail Glinka, successful in his performance to the point of reducing his listener to tears.[5] At an early age Stanisław Moniuszko became his pupil, his parents relocated to Warsaw to have Stanisław study with Freyer.[4] He died in 1883.[6]
