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.)
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24 August 1825 Prague, now Czech Republic
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Died |
12 May 1906 (aged 80)
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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