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Władysław Tarnowski

Władysław Tarnowski (June 4, 1836 – April 19, 1878), also known by his pen name Ernest Buława, was a Polish pianist, composer, poet, dramatist, and translator. Tarnowski was born in Wróblewice, an administrative district of Drohobycz in present-day Ukraine, to Count Walerian Spycimir Tarnowski and Ernestyna Tarnowska. Tarnowski studied in Lviv and Kraków, and with Daniel Auber at the Conservatoire de Paris.

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Władysław Tarnowski

Portrait of Władysław Tarnowski, 1877. Oil on canvas. 79 x 63 cm. Muzeum Śląskie in Katowice.

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Born
1836.
Died
1878.
Nationality
Austrian Empire and Austria–Hungary.
Occupation
composer, poet, translator, pianist, writer and philosopher.
Fields
Romantic music.

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Władysław Tarnowski (June 4, 1836 – April 19, 1878), also known by his pen name Ernest Buława, was a Polish pianist, composer, poet, dramatist, and translator. Tarnowski was born in Wróblewice, an administrative district of Drohobycz in present-day Ukraine, to Count Walerian Spycimir Tarnowski and Ernestyna Tarnowska. Tarnowski studied in Lviv and Kraków, and with Daniel Auber at the Conservatoire de Paris.

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Władysław Tarnowski (1836–1878) was an Austro-Hungarian and Austrian writer, composer and dramaturge. The writer was born in Voroblevychi and died in Pacific Ocean.

Władysław Tarnowski was educated at Conservatoire de Paris, Jagiellonian University and University of Music and Theatre Leipzig. Władysław Tarnowski worked for Collège de France. The work spans Romantic music.

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