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PADEREWSKI, IGNACE JAN (186o- )

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 444 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PADEREWSKI, IGNACE See also:JAN (186o- ) , See also:Polish pianist and composer, was See also:born in See also:Podolia, a See also:province of See also:Russian See also:Poland. He studied See also:music chiefly at See also:Warsaw, See also:Berlin and See also:Vienna, where he was a See also:pupil of Theodor Leschetizky (b. 1830), the pianist and composer. He made his first public See also:appearance in Vienna in 1887, in See also:Paris in 1889, and in See also:London in 1890, his brilliant playing created a furore which went to almost extravagant lengths of admiration; and his triumphs were repeated in See also:America in 1891. His name at once became synonymous with the highest See also:pitch of See also:pianoforte playing, and society was at his feet. In 1899 he married Baroness de Rosen, and after 1900 he appeared but little in public; but he became better known as a composer, chiefly of pieces for his own See also:instrument. In 1901 his See also:opera Manru was performed at See also:Dresden.

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