Wawrzyniec Żuławski

Wawrzyniec Jerzy Żuławski (14 February 1916 in Zakopane – 18 August 1957 in the Alps), also known as Wawa, was a Polish alpinist, educator, composer, music critic, and musicologist. He was a professor of Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Muzyczna in Warsaw. Żuławski was an initiator and organiser of Polish alpinism.[1] During World War II he was a member of Armia Krajowa and was a soldier during the Warsaw Uprising.

Żuławski published music reviews in Ruch Muzyczny, Express Wieczorny, Nowa Kultura. He also composed orchestral, chamber, piano and vocal pieces.

He was one of the leading Polish alpinists.[2] He died on Mont Blanc during a rescue action in 1957.

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Notable works

Compositions

Books

Żuławski was an author of several mountain related books:

Family tree

Żuławski family tree
 
 
 
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 Sławomir Żuławski
 
 Jerzy Żuławski
(1874–1915)
 
 
 
 Kazimiera z Hanickich
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Czesława
 
 
 
 Mirosław Żuławski
(1913–1995)
 
 
 
 Marek Żuławski
(1908–1985)
 
 Juliusz Żuławski
(1910–1999)
 
 Wawrzyniec Żuławski
(1916–1957)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Andrzej Żuławski
(born 1940)
 
 
 
 Małgorzata Braunek
(born 1947)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Xawery Żuławski
(born 1971)
Family tree of the Żuławski family.

Notes

  1. ^ "Żuławski Wawrzyniec Jerzy". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN. http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo.php?id=4003191. Retrieved 2007-03-05. 
  2. ^ "Żuławski Wawrzyniec Jerzy". WIEM Encyklopedia. http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/11361,,,,zulawski_wawrzyniec_jerzy,haslo.html. Retrieved 2007-03-05.