Charles Wels, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Wels

American composer

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1825

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 09-May-1906

Profession: composer, pianist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Charles Wels (August 24, 1825 in Prague – May 12, 1906 in New York City) was a Bohemian-American pianist, organist, composer, and music teacher.
He studied under Václav Tomášek before relocating to the US.
In the US he did piano compositions and a funeral march for Abraham Lincoln.
(The Library of Congress has scanned in 60 compositions by Wels into its American Memory collection.) He was briefly a Polish court-musician from 1847 to 1849.
In the 1860s he was organist at Christ Church of New York.His pupils included Samuel Brenton Whitney.