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Karol Szymanowski. Ada Podgórska, kl. II b. Some information about Szymanowski. Born in 1882 Karol Szymanowski was one of the composers of the first half of the 20th Century. He was the greatest Polish composer of that period. Szymanowskis early works before
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Karol Szymanowski Ada Podgórska, kl. II b
Someinformationabout Szymanowski
Born in 1882 Karol Szymanowski was one of the composers of the first half of the 20th Century. He was the greatest Polishcomposer of that period.
Szymanowskis early works before the First World War aresimilar to worksof Fryderyk Chopin, Alexander Skriabin, Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss.
He drewthe inspiration fromPolish folk themes, especially from the Podhale mountain region around Zakopane. This period produced much of his very greatest work.
He died in 1937 at the age of 57 leaving behind an outstanding collection of works that are today more loved, and more widely performed and recorded than ever before.
NowyŚwiat 47, Warsaw, Poland. . Szymanowski lived and composed here in 1924–29
Szymanowski's Zakopane house the Villa Atma—nowthe Karol Szymanowski Museum