Classical Music Datebook: October 6
Karol Maciej Korwin-Szymanowski (October 6, 1882 - March 28, 1937), was a polish composer and pianist. He was born in Tymoszówka, then part of Poland, now in present-day Ukraine. He studied music privately with his father before going to Gustav Neuhaus' Elizawetgrad School of Music from 1892, and from 1901, the State Conservatory in Warsaw, of which he was later director.
Szymanowski was influenced by the music of Richard Strauss, Max Reger, Alexander Scriabin and the impressionism of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. He also drew much influence from his countryman Frédéric Chopin and Polish folk music, and like Chopin he wrote a number of mazurkas for piano (the mazurka being a Polish folk dance).
Among Szymanowski's better known orchestral works are four symphonies (No. 3, Song of the Night with choir and vocal soloists and No. 4, Symphonie Concertante, with solo piano) and two violin concerti. His stage works include the ballet Harnasie and the operas Hagith and Król Roger.
He wrote numerous piano music, including the four Etudes, Op. 4, with No. 3 considered his single most popular piece, many mazurkas and his Métopes. Szymanowski's works include the Three Myths for violin and piano, a number of songs with some texts by classic author James Joyce.
Resources:
Great Composers. Sydney: Golden Press P/L, 1989.
The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music, New Updated Edition. Stanley Sadie, Editor. London: Macmillan Publishers, 1994.
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Polish composer and pianist Karol Szymanowski.
Karol Maciej Korwin-Szymanowski (October 6, 1882 - March 28, 1937), was a polish composer and pianist. He was born in Tymoszówka, then part of Poland, now in present-day Ukraine. He studied music privately with his father before going to Gustav Neuhaus' Elizawetgrad School of Music from 1892, and from 1901, the State Conservatory in Warsaw, of which he was later director.
Szymanowski was influenced by the music of Richard Strauss, Max Reger, Alexander Scriabin and the impressionism of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. He also drew much influence from his countryman Frédéric Chopin and Polish folk music, and like Chopin he wrote a number of mazurkas for piano (the mazurka being a Polish folk dance).
Among Szymanowski's better known orchestral works are four symphonies (No. 3, Song of the Night with choir and vocal soloists and No. 4, Symphonie Concertante, with solo piano) and two violin concerti. His stage works include the ballet Harnasie and the operas Hagith and Król Roger.
He wrote numerous piano music, including the four Etudes, Op. 4, with No. 3 considered his single most popular piece, many mazurkas and his Métopes. Szymanowski's works include the Three Myths for violin and piano, a number of songs with some texts by classic author James Joyce.
Resources:
Great Composers. Sydney: Golden Press P/L, 1989.
The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music, New Updated Edition. Stanley Sadie, Editor. London: Macmillan Publishers, 1994.
(c) October 2015. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
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