Leopold Eustachius Czapek

Leopold Eustachius Czapek (15 November 1792, Český Krumlov, Bohemia{{cite book|last=Badura-Skoda|author-link=Eva Badura-Skoda|first=Eva|title=Schubert Studies: Problems of Style and Chronology|year=2008|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-08872-5|page=353|author2=Peter Branscombe}} – 1840, Iliria{{cite book|last=Chominski|first=Josef Michal|title=Slownik muzykow polskich|year=1962|publisher=Warsaw: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne}}) was an Austrian pianist and composer. He was friends with Frédéric Chopin{{cite book|last=Niecks|first=Frederick|author-link=Frederick Niecks|title=Frederick Chopin, as a man and musician, Volume 1|year=1890|publisher=Novello|page=[https://archive.org/details/frederickchopin00niecgoog/page/n216 193]|url=https://archive.org/details/frederickchopin00niecgoog}} and corresponded regularly with him.{{cite book|last=Smialek|first=William|title=Frédéric Chopin: A Guide to Research|year=2000|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-8153-2180-4|page=54|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AoMeKID38WsC&pg=PA54}} Among his own compositions is a variation on a theme, a waltz by Anton Diabelli, for the Vaterländischer Künstlerverein.

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