Karol Kurpiński
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- Born
- 1785
- Died
- 1857
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Dziennik podróży, 1823
- Utwory fortepianowe
- Overtures
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Karol Kazimierz Kurpiński (March 6, 1785 – September 18, 1857, Warsaw) was a Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue. Karol began his studies under his father, Marcin Kurpiński, an organist. At the age of 12, he became organist at a church in Sarnowa near Rawicz, where his uncle Karol Wański was a parish priest. In 1800 his other uncle, the cellist Roch Wański, took him to the estate of count Feliks Polanowski near Lviv, who had a private orchestra of which Wański was a member, and in which th
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Karol
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Congress Poland
- Place of birth
- Włoszakowice
- Place of death
- Warsaw
- Occupation
- music educator
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Notable work
- Warszawianka
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- symphony
- Image
- POL Karol Kurpiński.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1785-03-06
- date of death
- 1857-09-18
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- Karol Kurpiński
- place of burial
- Powązki Cemetery
- name in native language
- Karol Kurpiński
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