Henri Kowalski

Henri Kowalski, c.1880

Henri Kowalski (April 1, 1841, in Paris, France – July 8, 1916, in Bordeaux, France)[1] was a French pianist and composer.[2] Born in Paris to a French mother and Polish father, Kowalski studied piano at the Paris Conservatoire with Michele Carafa and Samuel David;[3] although he was asked to leave in 1860 for failure to attend regularly.[4] His work includes the opera Gilles de Bretagne (1877).[5] A regular traveller, he lived in Australia from 1885 to 1896.[6] He published in 1872 his impressions of his travels in the United States, which includes a list of his musical compositions.[3]

Works

  • Nuit Australienne [7]
  • Belles of Melbourne[8]

References

  1. ↑ Slonimsky, Nicolas. “Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 8th Edition”, 1993
  2. ↑ Murphy, Kerry (2017). "Henri Kowalski (1841–1916): A French Musician in Colonial Australia". Australian Historical Studies, 48(3): 346–362. doi:10.1080/1031461X.2017.1329327
  3. 1 2 Slonimsky
  4. ↑ Murphy 2017, 350.
  5. ↑ Murphy 2017, 351.
  6. ↑ Murphy 2017, 354.
  7. ↑ Kowalski, Henri, 1841-1916 (1880), Nuit Australienne, op. 76 [music] : valse pour piano / par H. Kowalski (in no linguistic content), B. Schott; Schott{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Kowalski, Henri, 1841-1916 (1900), The belles of Melbourne [music] : valse de salon / composed by Henri Kowalski, W.H. Glen & Co.{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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