Dussek

[ doo-sik ]

noun

Jan La·di·slav [yahn lah-dyi-slahf], /yɑn ˈlɑ dyɪ slɑf/, 1760–1812, Czech pianist and composer.

Also Du·šek [doo-shek]. /ˈdʊ ʃɛk/.

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How to use Dussek in a sentence

The fashionable pianoforte composers at that time were Clementi, Steibelt, Dussek, and some others.
Autobiographical Reminiscences with Family Letters and Notes on Music | Charles Gounod
Dussek, it may be mentioned, does not ever appear to have returned to London.
The Pianoforte Sonata | J.S. Shedlock
Dussek was fond of ease and pleasure, and never developed his powers to the full.
The Pianoforte Sonata | J.S. Shedlock
Those of Clementi and Dussek seem destined to perennial life.
The Pianoforte Sonata | J.S. Shedlock
In conclusion, Herr Dussek played a new quintett he had composed in Hamburgh, which was praised to the skies.
Louis Spohr's Autobiography | Louis Spohr

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