Andrzej Niżankowski

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Andrzej Niżankowski (also: Nizankowius ) (* around 1580 ; † April 3, 1655 in Cracow ) was a Polish organist and composer.

Life

Niżankowski studied with Girolamo Frescobaldi in Rome between 1625 and 1635 and worked there as an organist at the Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva . He then became organist at the Dominican Abbey in Cracow. A Polish organ tablature in the Frescobaldi style is ascribed to him.

literature

  • In: Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea world of music - The composers - A lexicon in five volumes . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 176, volume 4 .
personal data
SURNAME Niżankowski, Andrzej
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nizankowius, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1580
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1655
Place of death Krakow