Antoni Milwid
Antoni Milwid (* around 1755 ; † 1837 ) was a Polish composer .
Life
Little more is known about Antoni Milwid's living conditions than that he was probably born in the Silesian region and worked as an instrumentalist in the church chapel in Czerwińsk nad Wisłą . His compositions have remained known to the present day, alongside masses , offertories and litanies, above all a cycle of twelve cantatas . With his symphonies in the style of the Viennese Classic , Milwid is considered to be the founder of Polish symphonies.
literature
- Alfred Baumgartner: Propylaea World of Music - The Composers - A lexicon in five volumes . Propylaen Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-549-07830-7 , pp. 54/55, volume 4 .
Web links
- Works by and about Antoni Milwid in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Milwid, Antoni |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1755 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1837 |