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Karol Kurpiński
Karol Kazimierz Kurpiński (March 5, 1785 – September 18, 1857) was a Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue. He was a representative of late classicism and early romanticism as well as being a
Karol Kazimierz Kurpiński (March 5, 1785 – September 18, 1857) was a Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue. He was a representative of late classicism and early romanticism as well as being a member of the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning (Polish: Towarzystwo Warszawskie Przyjaciół Nauk, TWPN). He is also known for having composed the music to the 1831 patriotic song La Varsovienne with lyrics by Casimir Delavigne. He was also a mentor and an influence on young Chopin. Early life Karol Kurpiński was born in Włoszakowice, Greater Poland, shortly before his baptism on 6 March 1785, probably 4 or 5 March. He was the sixth child Marcin Kurpiński (né Kurp), organist at the Church of the Holy Trinity in Włoszakowice, and Franciszka née Wańska, the daughter of the village sołtys and member of a prominent musical family in Poland. Marcin changed his ethnic family name Kurp to the noble-sounding Kurpiński around 1768. In 1800, Karol’s maternal uncles Roch and Jan Wański—a professional cellist and a popular composer, respectively—arranged for him to travel to Moszków (now Huta, Ukraine), where Roch held a position in an orchestra under the supervision of starost Feliks Polanowski. The y
- Era
- Early Romantic
- Lived
- 1785–1857
- From
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (now Poland), Duchy of Warsaw (now Poland), Congress Poland (now Poland)
- Born in
- Włoszakowice · died Warsaw
- Known as
- composer, conductor, musicologist, music educator, violinist, chapelmaster
- Genres
- opera, symphony