Mieczysław Karłowicz
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Mieczysław Karłowicz (December 11, 1876 - February 8, 1909) was a Polish composer, born in Vilnius (now capital of Lithuania). He may have got his talent from his father, Jan, who was a Polish historian and musician.
Karlowicz studied at Warsaw under Prof. Noskowski and in Berlin with Urban. From 1906 to 1907 he studied conducting with Nikisch. His music is of a late-romantic/fin de siecle character, showing some affinity with Richard Strauss, Alberic Magnard and Scriabin. He wrote an important symphony and violin concerto. His works inhabit a prime place in the history of Polish music between Chopin and Szymanowski. He died when skiing in the Tatra Mountains in an avalanche in 1909.
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