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[55] In June 1924, shortly before his death, he apparently expressed a desire that his son John marry a Polish girl and learn Polish, and toyed with the idea of returning for good to now independent Poland. [205] Conrad bridled at being referred to as a Russian or "Slavonic" writer. The only Russian writer he admired was Ivan Turgenev. [172 ...
Franciszek (also spelled Franz [1]) Wincenty [2] Mirecki (1791–1862) was a Polish composer, music conductor, and music teacher. [3] Mirecki was born on 31 March 1791 in Kraków. [3] [4] His maternal grandfather was Dominik Goronczkiewicz, a known organist. [1]
Adrian Thomas is a specialist on Polish music and has published widely on the topic. He has given research papers, public talks and broadcasts in Europe, the USA and Australia. He is the author of over fifty entries on twentieth-century Polish music in the Second Edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2000–01).
Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (ca. 1665 to 1667 – 30 April 1734) was a Polish Baroque composer. Considered one of the greatest composers of Polish Baroque music, during his lifetime he was called the "Polish Handel". [citation needed]
Karol Maciej Szymanowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkarɔl ˈmat͡ɕɛj ʂɨmaˈnɔfskʲi]; 3 October 1882 – 29 March 1937) [a] [1] was a Polish composer and pianist. He was a member of the modernist Young Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Bronisława Dłuska (Polish pronunciation: [brɔɲiˈswava ˈdwuska]; née Skłodowska; 28 March 1865 [1] – 15 April 1939) was a Polish physician, and co-founder and first director of Warsaw's Maria Skłodowska-Curie Institute of Oncology. She was married to political activist Kazimierz Dłuski, and was an older sister of physicist Marie Curie.
The Polish Way: A Thousand-Year History of the Poles and Their Culture. London: John Murray. — (1992). The Last King of Poland. London: Jonathan Cape. — (1995). The Forgotten Few: The Polish Air Force in the Second World War. London: John Murray. — (1999). Holy Madness: Romantics, Patriots and Revolutionaries 1776–1871. London ...
Berezovsky was born in Grodno, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire (today located in Belarus) on 5 June 1908. [1] [2] He was born into a family of musicians; his grandfather was a Hazzan in Skidzyelʹ (a town near Grodno) and his father, Shraga-Fayvl Berezovsky, was a well known choir director and music teacher in Grodno.