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Karol Szymanowski was the foremost Polish composer of the early 20th century..
Karol Szymanowski
Polish composer (1882–1937)
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Szymanowski in 1922 | |
Born | Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882-10-03)3 October 1882 Tymoszówka, Russian Empire |
Died | 29 March 1937(1937-03-29) (aged 54) Lausanne, Switzerland |
Works | List of compositions |
Karol Maciej Szymanowski (Polish pronunciation:[ˈkarɔlˈmat͡ɕɛjʂɨmaˈnɔfskʲi]; 3 October 1882 – 29 March 1937)[a][1] was a Polish composer and pianist.
Karol Szymanowski died in Lausanne on 29 March The last entry in his correspondence with Universal Edition is a telegram addressed to his secretariat.
He was a member of the modernistYoung Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century.
Szymanowski's early works show the influence of the late Romantic German school as well as the early works of Alexander Scriabin, as exemplified by his Étude Op.
4 No. 3 and his first two symphonies. Later, he developed an impressionistic and partially atonal style, represented by such works as the Third Symphony and his Violin Concerto No. 1. His third period was influenced by the folk