Jan Kleczyński
Jan Kleczyński (8 June 1837 – 15 September 1895) was a Polish pianist, composer, journalist, and chess master. Jan Kleczyński was born into a Polish noble family in Janiewicze, Volhynia (then Russian Empire), he graduated from a conservatory of music in Paris (1855–1862) and then played several pianist concerts in France. In 1866, he returned to Poland to live in Warsaw.
Jan Kleczyński
W.Litmanowicz, J.Giżycki, "Szachy od A do Z", tom I, Warszawa 1986, str. 432 · Public domain
- Born
- 1837 · Ivanychi.
- Died
- 1895 · Warsaw.
- Nationality
- Congress Poland · Russian Empire
- Occupation
- composer · journalist · chess player · musicologist · pianist · newspaper editor
- Languages
- Polish
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Jan Kleczyński (8 June 1837 – 15 September 1895) was a Polish pianist, composer, journalist, and chess master. Jan Kleczyński was born into a Polish noble family in Janiewicze, Volhynia (then Russian Empire), he graduated from a conservatory of music in Paris (1855–1862) and then played several pianist concerts in France. In 1866, he returned to Poland to live in Warsaw.
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Jan Kleczyński (1837–1895) was a chess player, composer and journalist, among other activities and a national of Congress Poland and the Russian Empire. Born in Ivanychi, the chess player died in Warsaw. Languages used include Polish.
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Jan Kleczyński died at Warsaw.
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• Carillon (Chime of Bells) for organ • Variations on theme "O, mein lieber Augustin" for 2 violins • 22 Variations for Violin & Viola, op. 3 • 6 String Trios, op. 4
Ś. p. Jan Kleczyński
http: Biesiada Literacka. T.40, 1895 nr 39 s. 203
Publications about Chopin
He lectured and published on the interpretation of the works of Frédéric Chopin. His work in this field was (he claimed) endorsed by pupils and friends of Chopin's, including Marcelina Czartoryska, Camilla O'Meara and Georges Mathias, and by Natalia Janotha, Princess Czartoryska's pupil, who translated some of his lectures for English publication. He came 2nd, behind Szymon Winawer, in the first Warsaw City Chess Championship in 1868, and came 3rd, after Józef Żabiński and Artur Popławski, in the second Warsaw Championship in 1884. Kleczyński Sr. Wrote a weekly chess column for Tygodnik Ilustrowany (1859–1884), and Kurier Warszawski (1877–1895). His son Jan Kleczyński Jr. Continued his work in 1897–1939.
• J. Kleczyński, Frédéric Chopin: De L'Interprétation de ses Oeuvres – Trois Conférences faites a Varsovie (The Interpretation of the Works of Frederic Chopin - Three Conferences held at Warsaw) (Félix Mackar, Paris 1880). • J. Kleczyński, Chopin's Greater Works (Preludes, Ballads, Nocturnes, Polonaises, Mazurkas): How they should be understood (including Chopin's Notes for a 'Method of Methods') translated by Natalie Janotha (William Reeves, London: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, no date (1st Edn c. 1895, 2nd c. 1900)). (Kleczynski's last Lectures, delivered at Warsaw in 1883.)
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- 1.She became Mme Dubois (1830–1907). See J. Methuen-Campbell, Chopin Playing from the composer to the present day (Victor Gollancz Ltd, London 1981), pp. 40, 86, 231. Methuen-Campbell, however, does not mention Kleczyński.
- 2.Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka, Warszawa. (1. A-M), (2. N-Z).
- 3.Bates College. Organ Recital. The Bates Student. 42. 6. 47. February 19, 1914.
- 4.Wariacje na temat "O, mein lieber Augustin" : na 2 skrzypiec = Variations on theme "O, mein lieber Augustin" : for two violins WorldCat.org. www.worldcat.org.
- 5.XXII wariacje na skrzypce i altówkę, op. 3 = Twenty two variations for violin & viola, op. 3 WorldCat.org. www.worldcat.org.
- 6.6 string trios, op. 4. vol. 1 WorldCat.org. www.worldcat.org.
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