Mieczysław Karłowicz
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Mieczysław Karłowicz (December 11, 1876 – February 8, 1909) was a Polish composer, born in Vilnius (now capital of Lithuania). He may have got his talent from his father, Jan, who was a Polish historian and musician.
Karlowicz studied at Warsaw with Prof. Noskowski, Piotr Maszynski, and Gustav Roguski. He later studied in Berlin with Heinrich Urban. From 1906 to 1907 he studied conducting with Arthur Nikisch. His music is of a late-romantic/fin de siecle character, showing some affinity with Richard Strauss, Albéric Magnard and Alexander Scriabin.
Karłowicz wrote an important symphony (Revival) and violin concerto (in A major, opus 8). His output also contains several substantial tone poems, including Eternal Songs, Stanislaw and Anna Oswiecimowie and The Returning Waves.
The music of Karłowicz inhabits a prime place in the history of Polish music between Frédéric Chopin and Karol Szymanowski. He died when skiing in the Tatra mountains in an avalanche in 1909.
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- Polish culture profiles:Mieczyslaw Karlowicz. Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
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