Charles Wels
Charles Wels was an American pianist, organist, composer, and music teacher. He studied under Václav Tomášek before relocating to the US. In the US he produced piano compositions and a funeral march for Abraham Lincoln.
He was briefly a Polish court-musician from 1847 to 1849. In the 1860s he was organist at Christ Church of New York.
His pupils included Samuel Brenton Whitney.