Franciszek Słomkowski

Franciszek Słomkowski (* 1849 in Galicia; † December 14, 1924 in Lemberg ) was a Polish violinist, conductor, music teacher and composer.

Słomkowski first studied at the Galician Conservatory with Karol Mikuli and continued his education in Leipzig and Vienna. In 1870 he returned to Lemberg and became a violinist, later concertmaster and second conductor at the Skarbek Theater. He also taught harmony and counterpoint at the Conservatory and led the lower piano classes. From the beginning of the 1870s he prepared the premieres of several dozen operettas at the theater and from 1892 accompanied the Lviv Theater in several guest performances in Krakow and Warsaw. From 1903 he appeared increasingly as an opera conductor and also directed the performances of Zygmunt Noskowski's Livia Quintilla (1898) and Mieczysław Sołtys ' Rzeczpospolita Babinska (1905).

As a composer, Słomkowski was best known for his drama music (including Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac , Goethe's Faust and Gerhart Hauptmann's Die versunkene Glocke ). He also composed Wieńca melodii polskich for orchestra and Pieśni lirnika (based on texts by Adolf Kitchmann ) for baritone and orchestra.

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SURNAME	Słomkowski, Franciszek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish violinist, conductor, music teacher and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	1849
PLACE OF BIRTH	Galicia
DATE OF DEATH	December 14, 1924
Place of death	Lviv