Seweryn Berson (1858–1917) was a Polish lawyer and composer. Born in Nowy Sącz, early in his youth he moved to Lwów (then in Galicia, currently in Ukraine), where he spent most of his life. A student of Berlin-based conservatory of Heinrich Urban, he composed numerous operettas (Lekcja tańców – Dance lesson; 1902), serenades, romances and bagatelles, as well as numerous songs to the lyrics by Heinrich Heine, Henrik Ibsen and Maria Konopnicka. He died March 4, 1917, in Lwów and was buried there.
References
edit- "BERSON Seweryn". Encyklopedia muzyki PWN (in Polish). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. 2004.
External links
edit- Scores by Seweryn Berson in digital library Polona
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