He composed a beautiful requiem, which can be found on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmtAhhEHYxo
The comment is as follows:
Manolusz Prztokowski (September 26, 1748, Zatory - February 6, 1812, Warszaw) was a polish composer,conductor and pedagogue.
Wrote a number of operas, liturgical and instrumental compositions, but unfortunately only few works have survived. The list of works includes 2 operas: Liredonda in Corinto (only fragments) and The Legend of Martin Liadowski (fragments), 1 Requiem, 1 Stabat Mater, 1 Te Deum, 8 masses, 10 Shymphonies, 5 cello concertos, 3 violin concertos, 2 flute concertos, 6 quartets, and piano compositions (20 polonaises and piano miniatures).
I searched everywhere other biographical information, I did not find anything!
Does anyone know this composer?
It would be good if this could be uploaded to our Downloads board.
Date of composition: 1783 - so, rather early for this website...
Update: I can't find anything about this composer. Are we sure this isn't a hoax? Does anyone recognise this music as being by someone else?
Just checking...
The first part (Funeral March) is actually the first movement of Joseph Martin Kraus' Symphonie funèbre.
https://youtu.be/rOeTnQbZfWg (https://youtu.be/rOeTnQbZfWg)
And after some research, the Requiem (at least the beginning) is by Joseph Leopold Eybler...
https://youtu.be/nq9Ki0SKEBU (https://youtu.be/nq9Ki0SKEBU)
So whoever attributed this music to Mr. Prztokowski was either very poorly informed, or deliberately misleading listeners...
I thought the whole thing stank. Many thanks to our vigilant and knowledgeable members!
I fell with both feet into the trap. :-[
The worst thing is that I knew both the funeral symphony of Kraus and the Requiem of Eybler, I even have them in CD!
I'm sorry for making you waste your time!
And a big thank you to Simon. :D
Please don't apologise. It's happened before with one Gottfried Eschenbach (1842-1920) who turned out to be a complete fake. On that occasion I was the one taken in!