Karol Kurpiński

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Karol Kurpiński

Karol Kazimierz Kurpiński (born March 6, 1785 in Włoszakowice (Luschwitz) near Lissa , Poland ; † September 18, 1857 in Warsaw ) was a violinist, conductor, music dealer, teacher and one of the most important Polish composers in the 19th century.

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The organist Marcin Kurpiński's son represented his father as organist several times. At the age of twelve Kurpiński received the position of organist in Sarnowa , and at the age of 15 he was second violinist in Count Polanowski's court orchestra in Moszkowo near Lemberg . In 1810 he went to Warsaw, where he became second court conductor at the Volkstheater. In 1819 he was appointed court conductor by Tsar Alexander I and awarded the Order of St. Stanislaus IV class by him in 1823 . In 1820 he founded the first Polish music magazine Tygodnik Muzyczny . In 1823 he undertook an eight-month trip through Europe on behalf of the government to get to know the organization of opera theaters in the West. A diary made during this trip is a valuable historical source. After the departure of Joseph Elsner , Kurpiński was director and artistic director of the Warsaw Opera from 1825 to 1842. In 1833 he conducted the opening performance in the new theater building, the Teatr Wielki , where he founded a singing school in 1835.

Of the 26 operas that Kurpiński wrote, the most successful were Jadwiga (1814), The Castle of Czorsztyn (1819) and Kalmora (1820). He also created a symphony , three ballets , four overtures , a Te Deum , 50 polonaises and - on the occasion of the popular uprising - the song Warszawianka , which is very well known in Poland .

He also appeared as a music theorist with systematic lectures on the fundamentals of music (1819) and the fundamentals of harmony (1821).

Web links

Commons : Karol Kurpiński  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Entry on the Culture.pl website
  2. ^ François-Joseph Fétis : Entry in the Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique (1867)