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Władysław Żeleński

Władysław Żeleński was a Polish pianist, composer, music educator, professor, organist and conductor (1837–1921).

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Władysław Żeleński (1837–1921), Polish composer.

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Biography

Władysław Żeleński is recorded as having received Knight's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph.

Training under Franciszek Mirecki, Alexander Dreyschock and Josef Krejčí is recorded. The recorded working language is Polish.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera and symphony.

Employment is recorded with Chopin University of Music.

Distinctions recorded are Knight's Cross of the Order of Franz Joseph.

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Władysław Żeleński

Władysław Żeleński

Catalogued output

Works

  • Goplana

  • Janek

  • Konrad Wallenrod

Dated record

Life and career

The full dated record · 2 entries

  1. 1837

    Władysław Żeleński was born in 1837 at Grodkowice.

  2. 1921

    Władysław Żeleński died in 1921 at Kraków.

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Places

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  • Kraków
Death or burial
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  • Grodkowice

    Birth place

Primary material

Documents and archives

scholarly publication

Institutional database

Literature

Bibliography

Żeleński, Władysław, Oxford Music Online, 2001. Żeleński, Władysław (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002. Żeleński w Warszawie (1871–1881): fakty i niedopowiedzenia, Muzyka, 2017.

  • Władysław Żeleński in Prague, Prace Naukowe Akademii im

  • Jana Długosza w Częstochowie

  • Edukacja Muzyczna, 2014

  • Władysław Marcel Żeleński (1903–2006), Archiwum Emigracji, 2009

  • "Goplana" by Władysław Żeleński

  • A few remarks on the style of the opera, Edukacja Muzyczna, 2019

  • Władysław Żeleński, „Goplana”

  • Opera romantyczna w trzech aktach

  • Partytura orkiestrowa (Wien 1897), wyd. Faksymilowe, wyd. I wstępem opatrzył Grzegorz Zieziula, Warszawa 2016, Muzyka, 2018

  • Wokół warszawskiego okresu życia i twórczości Władysława Żeleńskiego

  • Dokumenty epistolarne z lat 1873–1880, Muzyka, 2017

  • Kwartety smyczkowe Władysława Żeleńskiego, Edukacja Muzyczna, 2017

  • Wykonania muzyki Władysława Żeleńskiego w Wiedniu, Edukacja Muzyczna, 2019

  • Goplana by Władysław 􏰀eleński

  • Władysław Żeleński w Pradze, Edukacja Muzyczna, 2019

  • Goplana Władysława Żeleńskiego

  • Kilka uwag o stylu opery, Edukacja Muzyczna, 2019

A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

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