Born This Month 1 November 1901 – Szymon LAKS , composer, violinist (d. 1986) 2 November 1876 – Eugeniusz MORAWSKI, composer, conductor (d. 1948) 3 November 1915 – Henryk JABŁOŃSKI, composer 4 November 1857 – Stanislaw NIEWIADOMSKI, composer (d. 1936) 6 November 1860 – Ignacy Jan PADEREWSKI , pianist, composer, statesman (d. 1941) 23 November 1933 – Krzysztof PENDERECKI , composer,…Continue Reading November Anniversaries
Category: Anniversaries
October Anniversaries
Born This Month 3 October 1882 – Karol SZYMANOWSKI, composer, pianist, (d. 29 March 1937) 3 October 1923 – Stanislaw SKROWACZEWSKI, composer and conductor 4 October 1910 – Eugenia UMINSKA, violinist 6 October 1885 – Karol STROMENGER, teacher, composer, publicist, music critic (d. 1975) 9 October 1924 – Regina SMENDZIANKA, pianist 10 October 1910 – Henryk SWOLKIEN, music critic,…Continue Reading October Anniversaries
September Anniversaries
Born This Month 1 September 1900 – Kazimierz WIŁKOMIRSKI, cellist, conductor, teacher (died in 1990) 5 September 1924 – Krystyna MOSZUMAŃSKA-NAZAR, composer 5 September 1938 – Piotr LACHERT, pianist, composer, pedagogue 6 September 1916 – Tadeusz DOBRZAŃSKI, composer and conductor 7 September 1943 – Elzbieta STEFAŃSKA, harpsichordist 9 September 1921 – Andrzej DOBROWOLSKI, composer (died in…Continue Reading September Anniversaries
August Anniversaries
Born This Month August 4, 1879 – Józef REISS, musicologist, Polish music expert (d. 1956) August 7, 1935 – Monika (Izabela) GORCZYCKA, musicologist (d. 1962) August 8, 1946 – Mieczyslaw MAZUREK, composer, teacher, choral conductor August 8, 1897 – Stefan SLEDZINSKI, conductor, musicologist August 10, 1914 – Witold MALCUZYNSKI, pianist, student of Lefeld August 11,…Continue Reading August Anniversaries
July Anniversaries
Born This Month July 04, 1904 – Artur MALAWSKI, composer (d. 1957) July 06, 1837 – Władysław ŻELEŃSKI, composer (also a doctor of philosophy, d.1921) July 09, 1931 – Eugeniusz KNAPIK, composer July 10, 1936 – Jan Wincenty HAWEL, composer and conductor July 10, 1835 – Henryk WIENIAWSKI, violin virtuoso & composer (d. 1880, Moscow) July 10,…Continue Reading July Anniversaries
June Anniversaries
Born This Month June 1, 1909 – Maria DZIEWULSKA, composer and theoretician (d. 2006) June 4, 1845 – Aleksander POLIŃSKI, music historian (d. 1916) June 4, 1784 – Adam CZARNOCKI, music ethnographer (d. 1825) June 5, 1865 – Felicjan SZOPSKI, composer and music critic (d. 1939) June 6, 1929 – Bogusław SCHAEFFER, composer, writer June 12,…Continue Reading June Anniversaries
May Anniversaries
Born This Month 2 May 1846: Zygmunt NOSKOWSKI (d. 23 July 1909), composer 2 May 1913: Florian DABROWSKI, composer and teacher 5 May 1819: Stanislaw MONIUSZKO (d. 4 June 1872), composer – Father of Polish Opera 12 May 1805: Jan Nepomucen BOBROWICZ (d. 2 November 1881), guitarist and composer 17 May 1943: Joanna BRUZDOWICZ, composer living in France,…Continue Reading May Anniversaries
April Anniversaries
Born This Month 1 April 1872 – Tadeusz JOTEYKO, composer (d. 20 August 1932) 3 April 1904 – Maria WILKOMIRSKA, pianist professor of piano in Lodz and Warsaw 4 April 1941 – Aleksander GLINKOWSKI, composer active in Katowice (d. 1991) 8 April 1890 – Zbigniew DRZEWIECKI, pianist and professor of piano, organizer of Chopin Competitions,…Continue Reading April Anniversaries
March Anniversaries
Born This Month 1 March 1810 – Fryderyk Chopin, virtuoso pianist, composer 2 March 1927 – Witold Szalonek, composer (d. 2001) 3 March 1922 – Kazimierz Serocki, composer, co-founder of the Warsaw AutumnFestival 6 March 1785 – Karol Kurpinski, composer, father of national opera 6 March 1835 – Ludwik Grossman, composer, pianist, and piano merchant (d. 1915) 7 March 1911…Continue Reading March Anniversaries
February Anniversaries
Born This Month 2 February 1909 – Grazyna BACEWICZ , composer, violinist, pianist (d. 1969) 7 February 1877 – Feliks NOWOWIEJSKI, composer, organist 8 February 1953 – Mieszko GÓRSKI, composer, teacher (active in Gdansk and Koszalin) 9 February 1954 – Marian GORDIEJUK, composer, teacher, theorist (active in Bydgoszcz) 14 February 1882 – Ignacy FRIEDMAN, pianist and composer…Continue Reading February Anniversaries