Henri Kowalski
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Henri Kowalski, c.1880
Henri Kowalski (April 1, 1841; Paris France — July 8, 1916; Bordeaux, France)[1] was a French pianist and composer.[2] Born in Paris to a French mother and Polish father, Kowalski studied piano at the Paris Conservatoire with Michele Carafa and Samuel David;[3] although he was asked to leave in 1860 for failure to attend regularly.[4] His work includes the opera Gilles de Bretagne (1877).[5] A regular traveller, he lived in Australia from 1885 to 1896.[6] He published in 1872 his impressions of his travels in the United States, which includes a list of his musical compositions.[7]
References[]
- ^ Slonimsky, Nicolas. “Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 8th Edition”, 1993
- ^ Murphy, Kerry (2017). "Henri Kowalski (1841–1916): A French Musician in Colonial Australia". Australian Historical Studies, 48(3): 346–362. doi:10.1080/1031461X.2017.1329327
- ^ Slonimsky
- ^ Murphy 2017, 350.
- ^ Murphy 2017, 351.
- ^ Murphy 2017, 354.
- ^ Slonimsky
Further reading[]
- "Kowalski, Henri (1841–1916)". National Library of Australia.
Categories:
- 1841 births
- 1916 deaths
- 19th-century classical pianists
- 20th-century classical pianists
- French male pianists
- French pianists
- 20th-century French male musicians
- 19th-century French male musicians
- French composer stubs