• Mythes, Op. 30 is a suite for violin and piano written by Karol Szymanowski in 1915 and premiered one year later by Paul Kochanski on violin and the composer...
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    Karol Maciej Szymanowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈkarɔl ˈmat͡ɕɛj ʂɨmaˈnɔfskʲi]; 3 October 1882 – 29 March 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. He...
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  • (1990; Karol Szymanowski) Kraanerg (1988; Iannis Xenakis) Late Afternoon of a Faun (1987) Limited Edition (1982; Graeme Koehne) Mythes (Szymanowski) Mythologia...
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  • Masques, Op. 34 is a work for piano written by Karol Szymanowski from 1915 to 1916. In 1914, the composer took refuge in his home village in Ukraine and...
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  • Below is a sortable list of compositions by Karol Szymanowski. The works are categorized by genre, Michałowski catalogue number, opus number, date of...
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    King Roger (category Operas by Karol Szymanowski)
    Roger (Polish: Król Roger, Op. 46) is an opera in three acts by Karol Szymanowski to a Polish libretto by the composer himself and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz...
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  • for chorus and orchestra, with a solo part for tenor voice, by Karol Szymanowski. He completed it in 1916 after a period travelling Eastern Europe. Its...
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    Karol Szymanowski's Stała matka bolejąca (Stabat mater dolorosa), Op. 53, was composed in 1925 and 1926. Scored for soprano, alto and baritone soloists...
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  • Polish composer Karol Szymanowski worked on his Symphony No. 1 in F minor Op. 15 between 1906 and 1907. Szymanowski struggled with the composition. He...
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  • composition for string quartet by Karol Szymanowski. It was the first of the two string quartets composed by Szymanowski. The work is from 1917 during his middle...
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    Harnasie (category Ballets by Karol Szymanowski)
    Karol Szymanowski between 1923 and 1931, to a libretto by Jerzy Rytard and his wife and Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, the librettist of Szymanowski's opera,...
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  • Polish composer Karol Szymanowski. It was first performed in Warsaw on 24 January 1920, by Paweł Kochański and Feliks Szymanowski (the composer's elder...
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    encouraged by his father, who was also a pianist. He studied at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice under Andrzej Jasiński. In 1973, he won...
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  • Karol Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35, is considered one of the first modern violin concertos. It rejects traditional tonality and romantic...
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    (German: Des Hafis Liebeslieder) is the name of two song cycles by Karol Szymanowski, Op. 24, with piano accompaniment, and Op. 26, with orchestral accompaniment...
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  • the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski between March and June 1932. It is dedicated to the pianist Arthur Rubinstein. Szymanowski himself played the piano...
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    Karol Szymanowski's Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 21, M25, is a piano sonata in two movements. It was completed in 1911 and published in 1912 by...
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    ''Litania do Marii Panny), Op. 59, is a sacred choral composition by Karol Szymanowski, written from 1930 to 1933 and scored for soprano soloist, a women's...
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  • Karol Szymanowski's Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61 was written between 1932 and 1933 and was the composer's last major work before his death in 1937. The...
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  • Métopes (category Compositions by Karol Szymanowski)
    Métopes, Op. 29, is a work for piano solo by the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski, completed in 1915. It is a suite of three miniature tone poems drawing...
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    originals. Karol Szymanowski, Polish classical music composer, named "The Fountain of Arethusa" first of his three poems entitled "Myths" for violin and...
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  • Karol Szymanowski completed his Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19 in 1909 at the age of 27. Szymanowski was greatly influenced by German culture and...
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    Partita No. 2 Connoisseur Society CS2040 Stereo Franck: Violin Sonata; Szymanowski: |Mythes, with Antonio Barbosa, piano. Connoisseur Society CS2050 Quadraphonic...
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  • for voice and orchestra by John Bevan Baker Dryads and Pan from Myths by Karol Szymanowski Dryad, collection of stories by Ethel Mannin Dryades, poem by...
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    such diverse influences as Ferruccio Busoni, Claude Debussy and Karol Szymanowski and developed a style blending baroque forms with frequent polyrhythms...
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    Hagith (opera) (category Operas by Karol Szymanowski)
    25, is an opera in one act by the Polish composer and pianist Karol Szymanowski. The opera premiered at the Grand Theatre, Warsaw in 1922, nine years...
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  • partly inspired by a 1916 Saint Petersburg performance of Karol Szymanowski's Myths by Polish violinist Paul Kochanski. Its premiere in Paris was a relative...
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    Straus and Giroux. ISBN 978-0-374-15880-4. Sokel, Walter H. (2001). The Myth of Power and the Self: Essays on Franz Kafka. Detroit: Wayne State University...
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  • five mazurkas for solo piano and orchestra, and in the 1920s, Karol Szymanowski wrote a set of twenty for piano and finished his composing career with...
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    Poland ... Therein lies the strange riddle of his eternal vigour. Karol Szymanowski, 1923 With his mazurkas and polonaises, Chopin has been credited with...
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