Wojciech Żywny
Wojciech Żywny (Vojtěch Živný; 13 May 175621 February 1842) was a Czech-born Polish pianist, violinist, teacher and composer. He was Frédéric Chopin's first professional piano teacher.
Also recorded as Adalbert Żywny · Vojtěch Živný · Wojciech Zywny
Wojciech Żywny

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- Name
- Wojciech Żywny
- Birth Name
- Wojciech Adalbert Żywny
- Born
- 13 May 1756
- Birthplace
- Mšeno, Bohemia
- Died
- 21 February 1842
- Place of death
- Warsaw
- Occupation
- Pianist, violinist, teacher, composer
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Fields
- classical music
- Teachers
- Jan Křtitel Kuchař
- Languages
- Polish
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Wojciech Żywny (Vojtěch Živný; 13 May 175621 February 1842) was a Czech-born Polish pianist, violinist, teacher and composer. He was Frédéric Chopin's first professional piano teacher.
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• Name — Wojciech Żywny • Birth Name — Wojciech Adalbert Żywny • Native Name — Vojtěch Živný • Origin — Polish • Born — 13 May 1756 • Birthplace — Mšeno, Bohemia • Died — 21 February 1842 • Place of death — Warsaw • Occupation — Pianist, violinist, teacher, composer • Illustration — Krakowskie Przedmieście 19, Warsaw, Poland: site of Żywny's 1837-42 home
Life
Life
Żywny was born in Mšeno, Bohemia, and became a pupil of Jan Kuchař. As a youth, during the reign of Stanisław August Poniatowski, he moved to Poland to become the music tutor to the children of Princess Sapieha. He later moved to Warsaw. He was the first professional piano teacher of Frédéric Chopin, who received lessons from him between 1816 and 1821. Żywny instilled in Chopin a lasting love of Bach, Haydn, Clementi and Mozart while avoiding contemporary composers like Beethoven and Weber. Chopin's piano skills soon surpassed those of his respected teacher. In 1821, eleven-year-old Chopin dedicated a Polonaise in A-flat major to Żywny as a name-day gift. Żywny died in February 1842, aged 85, in Warsaw, Poland.
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Żywny wrote many pieces for piano, and violin, as well as orchestral works, few of which are known or published today. They show refined mastery of the classical style, with definite romantic influences. Another influence on his music was Central European folk music.

Tablica upamiętniająca kompozytora Wojciecha Żywnego na kamienicy przy ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 19 w Warszawie, w miejscu gdzie stał dom w którym w latach 1837-1842 mieszkał
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1757
Wojciech Żywny born at Mšeno.
1842
Wojciech Żywny died at Warsaw.
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He trained under Jan Křtitel Kuchař. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
The authorities additionally record the headings Adalbert Żywny, Vojtěch Živný and Wojciech Zywny. His recorded language was Polish. Recorded as pianist, composer, music educator, violinist and piano teacher.
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