Antoni Kątski
Antoni Kątski ( Antoine de Kontski ; born September 25, 1816 in Kraków , † December 7, 1899 in Iwanytschi ) was a Polish piano virtuoso and composer.
Life
Kątski came from a family of musicians: his brother Karol was also a piano virtuoso, his brothers Stanisław and Apolinary were violinists. He was a student of John Field and studied at the Conservatory of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna . Until 1851 he worked as a pianist in Paris , until 1853 as court pianist in Berlin and later in Saint Petersburg . After a stay in London , he lived in New York City from 1883 to 1889 .
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He composed over four hundred mostly brilliant salon pieces for the piano, including famous character pieces such as The Lion's Awakening . In addition, he also wrote an opera ( Marcello , 1880) and three operettas : Les Deux Distraits (based on The Dispersed by August Friedrich Ferdinand von Kotzebue , 1872), Anastasie (1882) and Le Sultan de Zanzibar (1885).
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Kontski, the artist family . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 12th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1864, pp. 416–418 ( digitized version ).
Discography
- 2017: Piano Works vol. 1 (Slawomir Dobrzanski, piano) - Acte Préalable AP0388
- 2018: Piano Works vol. 2 (Sławomir Dobrzański, Agustin Muriago - piano) - Acte Préalable AP0424
Web links
- Literature by and about Antoni Kątski in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Antoni Kątski in the German Digital Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Antoni Kątski in the International Music Score Library Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kątski, Antoni |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kontski, Antoine de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish piano virtuoso and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krakow , Austrian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1889 |
| Place of death | Ivanychi , Russian Empire |