6 June 1851)He then travelled to Cuba in an unsuccessful bid to recover his late wife's estate. He spent some years travelling between Havana, New York, Paris and Poland. In 1859 he published 16 of Chopin's Polish Songs, as Op. 74 (a later edition increased this to 17 songs). In 1860 Louis Moreau Gottschalk dedicated two compositions to Fontana, La Gitanella and Illusions perdues. In the 1860s Fontana translated Cervantes' Don Quixote into Polish. In 1869 he published a book of folk astronomy. He succumbed to deafness and poverty, and committed suicide by inhaling carbon monoxide aged 59 in Paris. He was buried in Montmartre Cemetery. He had arranged, prior to his death, to have his son looked after by his wife's family in England. Notes Sources Dziębowska, E. (2007) "Fontana, Julian, Grove Music Online, access date 19 August 2007 (subscription required) Farnie, D.A. (2006) "Rylands , Enriqueta Augustina (1843–1908)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, online edn, Oct 2006 , accessed 20 August 2007 Hardynski, W. (1948) "Jules Fontana", Polski Slownik Biograficzny, 7.58–9 , French translation, 1953–60; English translation, abridged, 1962 External links Frédéric Chopin 1810 births 1869 deaths Polish people of Italian descent Polish male classical composers Polish classical pianists Male classical pianists Polish Romantic composers Chopin University of Music alumni Suicides by carbon monoxide poisoning Polish expatriates in France Polish expatriates in the United States Great Emigration Polish emigrants to France Polish expatriates in the United Kingdom Polish expatriates in Cuba 19th-century classical composers 19th-century classical pianists 19th-century male musicians 1860s suicides Suicides in France