Józef Nikorowicz

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Józef Nikorowicz (born April 2, 1827 in Zboiska , † January 6, 1890 in Chyrów ) was a Polish composer .

Life

Nikorowicz studied in Lemberg and Vienna with Martin Gustav Nottebohm . He performed as a pianist and became known as a composer of piano pieces, chorales and songs . His setting of Kornel Ujejski's poem Z dymem pożarów from 1846 became a hymn of the Polish independence movement. His Ave Maria is also well known .

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. 174/175, volume 4 .
personal data
SURNAME Nikorowicz, Józef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish composer
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1827
PLACE OF BIRTH Zboiska
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 1890
Place of death Chyrów