Adam of Wągrowiec
Adam of Wągrowiec (also Adam from Wągrowiec) (Polish: Adam z Wągrowca) (died 27 August 1629) was a Polish composer and organist, as well as a Cistercian monk in the Wągrowiec cloister. He was born in Margonin. He was famous during his life, and was invited to inspect a new organ in Gniezno cathedral on 17 March 1620.
Adam of Wągrowiec
- Born
- 1600 · Margonin.
- Died
- 1629 · Wągrowiec.
- Nationality
- Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Occupation
- composer · organist
- Fields
- classical
- Movements
- Baroque music
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Adam of Wągrowiec (died 1629) is described as an organist and composer in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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Adam of Wągrowiec died in 1629.
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Born at Margonin in 1600, died in Wągrowiec in 1629.
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Margonin.
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Wągrowiec.
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