Franz Seraphin Lauska[1] (13 January 1764 – 18 April 1825), baptised as Franciscus Ignatius Joannes Nepomucensis Carolus Boromaeus,[2] was a Moravian pianist, composer, and teacher of Giacomo Meyerbeer.
"[4] Lauska was born in Brno, and may have been a student of Johann Georg Albrechtsberger while studying in Vienna in 1784.
He also spent time in Italy, played chamber music while serving at the Bavarian court in Munich, taught in Copenhagen from 1794 to 1798, and then moved to Berlin.
[5][6] There he performed as a pianist, wrote music, and was a piano teacher of the Prussian royal family and the young Giacomo Meyerbeer.
Lauska wrote a great deal of piano music (approximately 25 sonatas, rondos, variations, polonaises, capriccios, etc.