Karol Kurpinski

pianosintheparks.com   Karol Kazimierz Kurpiński (March 6, 1785 – September 18, 1857) was a Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue.[1] He was a representative of late classicism and a member of the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning (Polish: Towarzystwo Warszawskie Przyjaciół Nauk, TWPN). He is also known for having composed the music to the 1831 patriotic song La Varsovienne with lyrics by Casimir Delavigne. He was also a mentor and an influence on young Chopin.

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Karol Kurpinski was one of the most revered Polish composers before Chopin, whom he met in 1828. He was a conductor at the Warsaw Opera and Kapellmeister of the Polish Royal Chapel, taught music at several prominent schools, and was a member of many musical societies in Poland and abroad, including the Société des Enfants d’Apollon in Paris.

Kurpinsky composed many operas and several other vocal works, but also chamber music and a number of piano pieces. He helped to lay the foundations of a national style and prepared the ground for Polish music of the Romantic period, particularly in the field of opera.