Filipina Brzezinska-Szymanowska
Filipina Brzezinska-Szymanowska (1 January 1800 – 11 November 1886) was a Polish pianist and composer. She was born in Warsaw, the daughter of Franco Francis Szymanowski and Agatha Wolowska. She studied with Charles Mayer and was influenced by her sister-in-law, composer Maria Szymanowska.[1][2] She married Franciszek Jakub Brzeziński (1794–1846) and had four children: Franciszka Teofila Krysinska (born Brzezinska), Kazimierz Brzezinski, Teofila Zielenska (born Brzezinska) and Aniela Brzezinska.
Brzezinska-Szymanowska composed works for both organ and piano. In 1876 she published a collection of short organ preludes. She died in Warsaw.
Works
Selected works include:
- Nocturne
- Verlaß uns nicht (Do not leave us)[3]
- Fifteen short preludes for organ
- In the Tatra Mountains
- Urbi et Orbi, cantata
References
- ↑ Heinrich, Adel (1991). Organ and harpsichord music by women composers: an annotated catalog.
- ↑ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ↑ Chodkowski, Andrzej (1995). Encyklopedia muzyki.
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