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high. The shepherd and his followers disappear with the dawn. Roger has not succumbed to the mysteries of the cult. He offers his heart to the sun. Personalities | Karol Szymanowski | Modern Era | Opera ...

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(Kär’-ol Shi-man-ov’-ske) 1882–1937 Polish composer Szymanowski came from a wealthy family whose estate in the Ukraine was lost after the Russian Revolution. He suffered from tuberculosis, and as a child had to study at home. He later lived in Germany and in Vienna, also travelling to Russia, North Africa, Italy and Sicily, returning to Poland in ...

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1882–1937, Polish Szymanowski was the most important Polish composer of the twentieth century, even though his childhood home was in a territory annexed by the Russian Empire. While his early years were spent composing and playing piano, he later pursued his studies in Warsaw and Berlin, before returning to the family home that was subsequently destroyed by ...

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is dedicated ‘à la mémoire de Frédéric Chopin’). Similarly, the early preludes and études of Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915) are close in style to Chopin. Among Polish composers, Karol Szymanowski (1882–1937) began by writing Chopinesque preludes and studies, before developing a more personal style. Recommended Recording: Ballades, Murray Perahia (Sony) Frédéric Chopin: Works (all for solo piano, ...

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being paid a fee, was unable to resist the cuts and changes to the music’s orchestration imposed by the studio. Introduction | Modern Era | Classical Personalities | Karol Szymanowski | Modern Era | Classical ...

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, Sutherland was often criticized for her poor diction, yet she astounded the world with her expansive and stunning voice. Introduction | Modern Era | Opera Personalities | Karol Szymanowski | Modern Era | Opera Techniques | Bel Canto | Early & Middle Baroque | Opera ...

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The term ‘Impressionism’ is associated in music primarily with the work of Debussy, but is also used in connection with Ravel, Stravinsky, Szymanowski and others. While Debussy did not enjoy a personal association with any of the leading Impressionists, certain analogies between his aesthetic and techniques and those of painters such as Monet, Renoir and Pissarro ...