Lutosławski, a Polish composer in the 20th century attempted to create a new musical language. He also revived Polish cultural life after WWII. He was born in Poland in 1921. His fist name means to chase away. His middle name means of the Romans. His last name means fierce. He wrote 56 compositions, but none in WWII Because of Germany outlawing Polish music during that time. He founded the Union of Polish composers and was elected President of the International Contemporary Music Society. He also was a Polish cultural reviver after the war.
Frédéric Chopin was a Polish composer and piano virtuoso. Most of his music was written for solo piano, although he has some works for piano concerto and chamber music. Chopin often composed using improvisation. Chopin refined the concept of the “nocturne” and introduced the world to Polish folk music. Composers such as Rachmaninoff, and Brahms, among others were influenced by Chopin.
Dvořák was arguably the foremost representative of Czech culture in an international context. His music captured the
The famed Czech composer, Antonin Dvorak, was born in a Bohemian village of Czechoslovakia on September 8th, 1841 (Carlson & Smith, 154). After several years of living and learning music in his home village, eventually Dvorak moved to Prague at the age of 16 to continue his education in music. Pursuing his studies diligently, and after working various odd jobs, he eventually became a professor of music at the Prague Conservatory (Pogue & Speck, 64). While in Prague, he married his lovely wife Anna Cermakova in the November of 1873, and was happily married for the rest of his life to her (Encyclopedia Britannica). Performing all over Prague, eventually Dvorak’s incredible work was discovered by the famed composer Johannes Brahms, who recommended Dvorak to Brahms’ publisher Simrock. Simrock took to liking Dvorak’s works so much, that he agreed to publish works like the Moravian Duets in 1876, and the Slavonic Dances in 1878. These works
The Warsaw Zoo owners were two of the best heroes during World War II, due to their backgrounds, the convenience of their occupations, and their methods for saving the Jews. According to Wikipedia, Jan Zabinski was born to Jozef and Helena Zabinski. Born in Warsaw, Poland on July 26th, 1974. He had attended college to be an animal scientist and a zoologist.
Jozef Pilsudski is a man who was very successful, and was a great leader. He is responsible for restoring Polish independence after 123 years of partition by Russia, Prussia, and Austria.[1] After facing a charge of five years of hard labor in Siberia, Pilsudski joined the Polish Socialist Party in 1893. Pilsudski however, chose to join sides with those who were more radical then socialistic.[2] He was a man with a lot of anger and did not let fear stand in his way. He founded the Bojowki in which he was in charge of multiple bombings and assassinations of Soviet authorities.[3]
When you think of Holocaust rescuers you might think of Oskar Schindler, Carl Lutz, Feng-Shan Ho, Raoul Wallenberg, etc. When you think of World War II rescuers most people do not think of Władysław Bartoszewski. Interestingly enough Władysław accomplished many amazing feats in his entire adult life and received many awards.
During the holocaust a lot of terrible things happened, people lost lives, family, and mostly everything. Almost all of the “unwanted” population of Germany got sent to death camps were they were mostly worked to death or just bluntly killed, but some people managed to outsmart, or escape, the Germans. They deceived them enough to make a legacy of themselves since they helped so many people during this terrible time in history. Eugene Lazowski was someone who believed in his people and helped them, despite the chance of him getting caught and slaughtered.
Adam Mickiewicz, considered to be Poland’s greatest poet, is a nationalist and strives for an independent Poland – free of wretched foreign influences. Mickiewicz tries to inspire his fellow Polish brothers and sisters through his literature to stand up for Poland and collectively move towards independence. Similarly, Stefan Zeromski, a devout Polish nationalist also worked for Polish independence through his writing. However, how similar their goals may be, they both used different forms of text and writing to express this nationalistic sentiment. Mickiewicz, in his writings “The Books of the Polish Nation”, portrayed the Polish national struggle through the idea of good against evil. While Zeromski on the other hand, in his world acclaimed
Antonin Leopold Dvorak was born here on 8 September 1841 to Anna and Frantisek Dvorak, as the first of nine children. The family ran a business in house number 12, a cottage that had an inn on the ground floor. A fire broke out here in the summer of 1842 and the future composer was rescued by his father who carried him out to safety. All of Antonin’s predecessors were butchers or innkeepers, thus it was automatically assumed that the first-born child would inherit the business. In addition to the butcher’s trade the Dvorak family line cultivated another talent: a flair for music. However, music-making was merely regarded to brighten up the daily routine and to earn a little on the side. But it wasn’t long before everyone realized things would be different in Antonin’s case. Throughout his lifetime he would be regarded as a fantastic composer, whose works have greatly influenced the generations after his and to be. Unfortunately, he ended up
The Power of Music: The Cellist of Sarajevo “Music touches us emotionally, where words alone can't” (Johnny Depp). The novel, The Cellist of Sarajevo, starts with a description of Albinoni’s Adagio and the rejuvenating effects that it has on the cellist, the Adagios he plays bring hope to him. One day, the cellist witnesses a shell kill 22 people who were waiting in line to buy bread, he vows to play Albinoni’s Adagio for 22 days. This novel is about three people who are trying to survive in the war-torn city of Sarajevo. The power of music is shown through the emotional, hopeful and rejuvenating effects that are demonstrated through the actions of the characters in the novel.
Consider one of the greatest national composers in Europe. Smetana was the founder of Czech national music because of his compositional style became closely identified with his country’s aspirations, to become an independent statehood. His way of compositional style greatly influence on the development of the Romantic music, he used new musical genre so call symphonic poem in his master piece “My Country”. The symphonic poem “My Country” consists of six works and each work conceived as an individual work. Each work shared the same subject, to portray the beauty of Bohemia’s environment by using the rhythmic pattern of Bohemia’s traditional folk song and dances. We will focus on the first and second symphonic poem that considered the standard practice for orchestra
His original name was Temujin, meaning "blacksmith". He had to earn the name he would become so famous for, which didn't occur until 1206.
1. How is the history of European and Arabic cultural contact reveal through musical characteristics in places such as Spain and Bulgaria?
Frederic chopin was a Polish composer. He was famous for composing very beautiful piano solo pieces, such as “Fantasie" Impromptu, op. 66, Minute" Waltz , and op. 64 no. 1, "Funeral March". Chopin was famous for his emotional sonatas, waltzes, mazurkas, preludes and nocturnes. Being a child prodigy, he quickly rose to be one of the greatest piano composers.
In the course of the development of music, many great composers have contributed their brilliance towards the revolution of music. To be a great composer does not necessarily mean that they have reached a vast amount of fame. However, it means that their compositions have ingenuity and value. The melodies they have cleverly created have reached a point of worthiness in the world of music. For it is the sweet harmonies a composer creates that defines who he is. One of these gifted composers was Frederic Chopin, born on February 22, 1810 in Zelazowa Wola, Poland. Young Chopin was already composing by the age of eight and as his musical career developed he became known as a master of piano composition. Although he was often misunderstood