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Karol Szymanowski
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(1882 – 1937)
Karol Maciej Korwin-Szymanowski (October 6, 1882–March 28, 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. His style developed in three distinct stages, from a strong affinity with Richard Strauss, Alexander Scriabin and countryman Frédéric Chopin, to flavourings of the Orient, the Mediterranean, and the impressionism of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, to Polish folk music and the Eastern Church. Even when writing in a Polish idiom, Szymanowski far exceeded the established musical language of central Europe, and is remembered as an exotic outlier of 20th century music.
Born in Tymoszowka into a well-to-do and cultured family, Szymanowski read and travelled widely. From 1909-14 he visited London, Italy, Vienna, Algiers, Constantine, Biskra and Tunis, and during the war studied ancient Greek culture, early Christianity and Islam. A novel inspired by these influences, Efebos, was lost in the fires of Warsaw in 1939. Pieces from this period include the Symphony No.3 (1916) and the piano music “Masques” (1916) and “Metopes” (1915). The latter, loosely structured around Homer’s Odyssey, features fragments of bird song, polytonalism, and hints of the ancient double flute and lyre. The opera King Roger (1918-24) is the grandest expression of Szymanowski’s Orientalism. It concerns the enlightenment of the twelfth-century Sicilian king by a young peasant, a Dionysian figure representing the values of the East.
Born in Tymoszowka into a well-to-do and cultured family, Szymanowski read and travelled widely. From 1909-14 he visited London, Italy, Vienna, Algiers, Constantine, Biskra and Tunis, and during the war studied ancient Greek culture, early Christianity and Islam. A novel inspired by these influences, Efebos, was lost in the fires of Warsaw in 1939. Pieces from this period include the Symphony No.3 (1916) and the piano music “Masques” (1916) and “Metopes” (1915). The latter, loosely structured around Homer’s Odyssey, features fragments of bird song, polytonalism, and hints of the ancient double flute and lyre. The opera King Roger (1918-24) is the grandest expression of Szymanowski’s Orientalism. It concerns the enlightenment of the twelfth-century Sicilian king by a young peasant, a Dionysian figure representing the values of the East.
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Andante quasi tempo di mazurka
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Variation 8: Meno mosso: Mesto
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salve-veritate wrote:
Shimanovsky
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RKchocko wrote:
how is last name pronounced?
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GroupSupport wrote:
Behalf of the glorious nation of Poland I accept this congratulations!
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rm508 wrote:
Yup, congrats to Poland for producing him, but he was a cosmopolite with international tastes, and a whole variety of exotic influences. Much more than just a patriot.
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sorelka wrote:
He is brilliant, simply brilliant! A real Polish patriot and an outstanding genious - maybe one of the most significant representanives of this beautiful and gifted nation!
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bloome wrote:
kotekmamrotek - try on slsk, one user have them, not sure which one. Hm, i have them too. That makes two users on slsk, minimum. But quality is not that good. And 3rd volume is not complete. But try it, anyway.
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SirAlecHendrix wrote:
lol the tags, maybe he was gay (a fact i cannot hear in the music, so what's the point), but i can definitely say that he is NOT "contemporary", he died 70 years ago!
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sodiumneck wrote:
the 'pataphysics group is recruiting new members.
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rm508 wrote:
Deserved a better bio than his dull wikipedia entry, so I put a new one together.
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Estrangement wrote:
I have no idea how to tag this guy. I only listen to one song, which on the sheet music I have was named "Piesn Kurpiowska (Song of Region)". It's for violin, but I think it's a transcription from a vocal song to a violin piece. But that is an absolutely tremendous piece of music. Amazing to play on violin as well--you can put so much emotion into it..
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moala wrote:
Nice artist, !!!!
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KraeheK wrote:
Wonderful in every area: quartets, symphonies, piano solo, vocal, opera...
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oz_yush wrote:
U know what? 'Pieśni Kurpiowskie' kick ass! :) totally spectacular... Last summer I visited Atma ville in Zakopane (southern Poland) where He wrote 'Harnasie'. U gotta see this.Outstanding. U can feel him there. It's just as if he left this house for a moment.
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Filowie wrote:
it's just problem of bad ID3 tags..most people just listen to for example - Jerzy Godziszewski playing Szymanowski, or Kaja Danczowska..
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barnabasz wrote:
>second after Chopin best polish composer has only 68 listeners... :| It is my strong believe that the vast majority of people listening to Szymanowski doesn't give a damn about the internet.
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no-surprises wrote:
new pictures added
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xuelee wrote:
Right. So Szymanowski's sexual orientation actually found its way into the tags.
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