FROM GDANSK TO KROMIERIZ OR, THE STORY OF HEINRICH DÖBEL AND HIS MUSIC FOR THE VIOLIN

Solo violin repertory in the 17th-century Poland is scarce. In this context, Heinrich Döbel's compositions for solo violin and basso continuo, though limited in number (four sonatas and five dances), gains in significance. These works were written probably in the 1770s and are preserved in manuscript in Kromieriz. The composer's musical education provided by his grandfather Paul Siefert and Jacek Rózycki, maestro di capella at the court of king Jan Kazimierz is described, as well as other facts of his biography and the style of his works.