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.
Władysław Tarnowski

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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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Piano
Piano
During the January Uprising of 1863-64 he wrote the song "Jak to na wojence ładnie" ("Isn't the War Fun"), which remains popular in several iterations. Tarnowski traveled widely, giving concerts in Wrocław in 1860 and 1875, Vienna, Venice and Florence in 1872, Paris in 1873, and Lviv in 1875. He toured the Middle East and Asia, lived in India, China, and Japan, and died near San Francisco on the steamer SS Pacific while returning from Japan.
3 Mazurkas (3 Mazurkas, Vienna c. 1870, published by Bösendorfer), 2 pieces: Chart sans paroles, Valse-poeme (Leipzig c. 1870, published by Ch. F. Kahut) Deux Morceaux: Fantazie-Impromptu, Valse-poeme Impromptu "L'adieu de l'artiste" (Vienna c. 1870, published by J. Gutmann) Symfonia d’un drammo d’amore (1871) Sonate pour piano composée et dediée a son ami Br. Zawadzki (Vienna c. 1875, publ. V. Kratochwill) Grande polonaise quasi rhapsodies symphonique (Vienna c. 1875, publ. J. Gutmann) Extases au Bosphor, fantasie rhapsodies sur les melodies orientales op. 10 (Leipzig c. 1875, publ. Forberg) Nocturne dédié à sa soeur Marie (Vienna, n.d.) Deux Nocturnes: "Nuit sombre", "Nuit claire" Ave Maria, dedicated to Józef Ignacy Kraszewski in Album Muzeum Narodowego w Rapperswyllu (1876), with variations for choir and organ and string quartet Pensée funebre (before 1878) Andantino pensieroso ("Echo Muzyczne", Warszaw, issue 6, 17 December 1878.)
Songs
Songs
Solo: "Uhlans March" (also known as "Soldier's Song" and "March Soldier's Langiewicza"), beginning: "A kto chce rozkoszy użyć" ("And who wants pleasure to use"). Now better-known with the lyrics "Jak to na wojence ładnie". Published in Kieszonkowy słowniczek polski z melodiami (Poznan, 1889, J. Leitgebera) and as " War Song" (Lwow, 1908, B. Połoniecki). With piano accompaniment: "Cypryssen 5 characterische Gesänge" (Vienna, 1870, Bösendorfera), with "Herangedämmert kam der Abend", "Die Perle", "Die Schwalben", "Im Traum sah ich das Lieben", and "Ich sank verweint in sanften Schlummer" "Neig, o Schöne Knospe", for a poem by Mirza Shafi Vazeh "Zwei Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte – Du buch mit Siegen Siegeln, Ob Du Nun ruhst", songs for a poem by Ludwig Foglar (Vienna c. 1870, V. Kratochwill) "Zwei Gesänge: Klänge Und Schmerzen, Nächtliche Regung" (Leipzig, c. 1870, Ch. E. Kahnt) "Au soleil couchant" (1873), for a poem by Victor Hugo "Still klingt das Glöcklein durch Felder" (Vienna c. 1875, J. Gutmann) "Kennst du die Rosen", for his own poem (J. Gutmann, Vienna) "Mein Kahn", for a poem by Johann von Paümann (Hans Max; Wiedeń, Buchholz and Diedel) "Alpuhara" (1877), for a poem by Adam Mickiewicz
Stage
Stage
Achmed the oder the Pilger the Liebe (Achmed, pielgrzym milości), with libretto, based on Washington Irving's "Legend of Prince Ahmed al Kamel, or The Pilgrim of Love" from Tales of the Alhambra. Piano extract (Leipzig, c. 1875, R. Forberg) Karlinscy (Vienna, 1874, V. Kratochwill) Joanna Grey (Vienna, 1875, V. Kratochwill) Tarnowski wrote articles and reviews for Ruch literacki and Tygodnik ilustrowany.
Poetry
Poetry
"Krople czary" ("Drops From a Goblet"), 1865 "Szkice helweckie i Talia" (1868, Leipzig, P. Rhode) "Piołuny" ("Absinthe"), 1869 "Kochankowie ojczyzny" ("Lovers of the Motherland"), 1872
Translations
Translations
The Osjan Song Hamlet Works by P. B. Shelley and H. Heine P. Cornelius, Grundzüge der Geschichte der Musik (Zarys historii muzyki, Outline of the History of Music, Leipzig, 1869)

Portrait of Władysław Tarnowski (pseud. Ernest Buława, 1836-1878) by Marcin Tarnowski.
Marcin Tarnowski (M.Tarnowski)
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1878
Władysław Tarnowski died at Pacific Ocean.
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- 1.Grove, George. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. 25 (Taiwan to Twelve Apostles). 103–104. 2000. 978-1-56159-239-5.
- 2."String quartet in D major" - scans in IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library
- 3.The score of 3 Mazurkas is in the collection of Bibliothek der Gesellschaft der Musikfreund in Vienna, sygn. GM VII 39428.
- 4.Biblioteka warszawska: pismo poświęcone naukom, sztukom i przemysłowi, Vol. 2, 1871, p. 499.
- 5.Adolf Hofmeister, Handbuch der musikalischen Litteratur, ed. Adolf i Friedrich Hofmeister, Vol. for 1860-67, p. 260.
- 6.Agaton Giller, "Podróż artystyczna Władysława Tarnowskiego w Saksonji" in Ruch Literacki, issue 17, 21 April 1877, p. 270.
- 7.Ruch Literacki, issue 21, 25 May 1878, p 334.
- 8.Andantino pensieroso in: CBN - Polona.
- 9.Biblioteka warszawska : pismo poświęcone naukom, sztukom i przemysłowi, Vol. 2, 1873, p. 352.
- 10.Kłosy, issue 623, 26 May (7 June) 1877, p. 268-269.
- 11.Agaton Giller, "Podróż artystyczna Władysława Tarnowskiego w Saksonji" in: Ruch Literacki, issue 17, 21 April 1877, p. 270.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 9
- Encyklopedia muzyczna, PWM 2009
- Encyklopedia muzyki, PWN 2001
- Encyklopedia literatury, PWN 2007
- Franz Stieger, Peralexikon, Part II – Komponisten, Vol. 3 (N-Z), Verlegt Bei Hans Schneider, Tutzing, 1978, p. 1097.
- Franz Stieger Operalexikon, Part III – Libréttisten, Vol. 3 (Q-Z), Verlegt Bei Hans Schneider, Tutzing, 1981, p. 936.
- Pieśni niemieckie Władysława Tarnowskiego, M.T., OSDW AZYMUT Sp. z o. o., Warsaw-Lodz, 2017.
- Ewa Róża Janion, Legends of Suli in Poland: some remarks on Władysław Tarnowski, pp. 46-49 of PhD thesis Imaging Suli : Interactions between Philhellenic Ideas and Greek Identity Discourse. Peter Lang Publishing, Frankfurt, 2015.
- Utwory instrumentalne Władysława Tarnowskiego, M.T., OSDW AZYMUT Sp. z o.o., Warsaw-Lodz, 2018.
- Władysław Tarnowski, Artysta i cierpienie, Vol. I, M.T., OSDW AZYMUT Sp. z o.o., Warsaw-Lodz, 2020.
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