329:
52:
268:
1114:
1090:
1126:
1102:
340:
Her professional piano career began in 1815, with performances in
England in 1818, a tour of Western Europe 1823–1826, including both public and private performances in Germany, France, England (on multiple occasions), Italy, Belgium and Holland. A number of these performances were given in private
421:
Her Etudes and
Preludes show innovative keyboard writing; the Nocturne in B flat is her most mature piano composition; Szymanowska's Mazurkas represent one of the first attempts at stylization of the dance; Fantasy and Caprice contain an impressive vocabulary of pianistic technique; her polonaises
225:. Wołowski's salon was frequently visited by outstanding artists and intellectuals of the time. Immersed in music from an early age, she attended concerts by famous musicians and, over time, played in front of them in her own house. She gave her first public recitals in Warsaw and Paris in 1810.
404:
Szymanowska composed around 100 piano pieces. Like many women composers of her time, she wrote music predominantly for instrumentation she had access to, including many solo piano pieces and miniatures, songs, and some chamber works. Her work is typically labeled, stylistically, as part of the
430:
While scholars have debated the reach of her influence on her compatriot Chopin, her career as a pianist and composer strikingly foreshadows his own, as well as the broader trend in 19th-century Europe of the virtuoso pianist/composer, whose abilities as a performer expanded her technical
480:. Beethoven, Hummel and Field dedicated compositions to her. Goethe is rumored to have fallen deeply in love with her. The salon she established in St. Petersburg drew especially prominent crowds, augmenting her status as a court musician.
439:
Because of her stature as a performance artist and because of her salon, Szymanowska developed a strong web of connections with some of the most notable composers, performing musicians, and poets of her day, including
386:. After years of touring, she returned to Warsaw for some time before relocating in early 1828, first to Moscow and then to St. Petersburg, where she served as the court pianist to the Empress of Russia
378:
and operatic freedom. She was one of the first professional piano virtuosos in 19th-century Europe and one of the first pianists to perform memorized repertoire in public, a decade ahead of
426:. Szymanowska's musical style is parallel to the compositional starting point of Frédéric Chopin; many of her compositions had an obvious impact on Chopin's mature musical language.
213:. The history of her early years and especially her musical studies is uncertain; she appears to have studied piano with Antoni Lisowski and Tomasz Gremm, and composition with
352:
From 1822 - 1823, Szymanowska toured in many cities in the 19th century
Russian territories, including Moscow, Kiev, Riga and, St Petersburg. There she performed at the
1069:
1196:
228:
In the same year, she married JĂłzef
Szymanowski (d. 1832), with whom she had three children while living in Poland: Helena (1811–61), who married a Polish lawyer
236:, and Romuald (1812–40), who became an engineer. The children remained with Maria after her separation from Szymanowski in 1820. The marriage ended in divorce.
1186:
813:
879:
161:—largely piano pieces, songs, and other small chamber works, as well as the first piano concert etudes and nocturnes in Poland—typify the
387:
1191:
209:. Her father Franciszek Wołowski was a landlord and a brewer. Her mother Barbara Wołowska (née Lanckorońska) came from a noble Polish
1246:
1156:
1045:
399:
158:
1027:
374:
Her playing was very well received by critics and audiences alike, garnering her a reputation for a delicate tone, lyrical sense of
1231:
1216:
1161:
17:
1171:
1236:
1251:
960:, edited by James R. Briscoe, 101-102. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. Includes an edition of her
205:
roots, one of her ancestors being
Salomon Ben Elijah (or Jacob ben Judah Leib/Jacob Leibowicz), the personal assistant of
154:. In the Russian imperial capital, she composed for the court, gave concerts, taught music, and ran an influential salon.
1241:
1201:
1221:
1211:
1176:
1166:
722:
289:
315:
297:
1206:
353:
293:
371:
for the royal family (June 11), and at several private houses for dukes of
Hamilton, Kent and Northumberland.
1226:
1041:
349:(11 June 1824, with members of the royal family present) and other performances for several English dukes.
51:
568:
ElĹĽbieta
Zapolska, mezzo-soprano; Bart van Oort, fortepiano Broadwood 1825. Acte Préalable AP0260, 2012
423:
368:
899:
846:
772:
1080:
473:
364:
342:
1181:
414:
278:
282:
1094:
1007:
Swartz, Anne (1985). "Maria
Szymanowska and the Salon Music of the Early Nineteenth Century."
825:
210:
597:
461:
357:
341:
for royalty; in
England alone during 1824, her performance schedule included concerts at the
1151:
1146:
861:
441:
346:
170:
986:, edited by Sylvia Glickman & Martha Furman Schleifer, Vol. 4, New York 1998, 396–420.
975:, edited by Sylvia Glickman & Martha Furman Schleifer, Vol. 5, New York 1998, 364–369.
539:
Three
Generations of Mazurkas: Polish dances for Piano by Szymanowska, Chopin, Szymanowski
8:
1023:
552:
229:
626:
453:
333:
328:
174:
222:
1009:
891:
705:
556:
251:
214:
1106:
821:
655:
636:
847:"Music, the economy and society: Szymanowska's career path in Russia in the 1820s"
753:
Maria Szymanowska (Portrety KompozytorĂłw Polskich / Portraits of Polish Composers)
569:
1062:
630:
477:
449:
445:
233:
202:
178:
123:
80:
218:
1051:
469:
465:
383:
151:
135:
751:
1140:
1118:
895:
457:
244:
198:
1036:
1130:
1055:
514:
999:
697:
379:
206:
31:
254:, considered to be the most famous Polish composer of the 20th century.
35:
604:
592:
584:
576:
563:
547:
538:
529:
506:
955:
612:
498:
490:
356:
and received the title of First Pianist. In St Petersburg, Maria met
990:
773:"Szymanowska, Symanoffska, Maria, Marie, Marie Agata, geb. Wołowska"
267:
375:
143:
94:
880:"Maria Szymanowska and Fryderyk Chopin: Parallelism and Influence"
660:
Chopin's Polish Ballade: Op. 38 as Narrative of National Martyrdom
417:
describes her playing and its historical significance as follows:
240:
146:
pianists of the 19th century. She toured extensively throughout
90:
1073:
1060:
Conference papers from the 2014 Maria Szymanowska Symposium in
194:
190:
147:
139:
131:
104:
943:
600:, piano. Mandala : Distribution Harmonia Mundi, 2000.
150:, especially in the 1820s, before settling permanently in
142:) was a Polish composer and one of the first professional
1066:
16. (Centres Scientifique Ă Paris: Varsovie-Paris, 2014).
723:"Maria Szymanowska, a great talent bordering on madness"
502:. Irena Poniatowska, ed. Bryn Mawr, PA: Hildegard, 1991.
518:. Maja Trochimczyk, ed. Bryn Mawr, PA: Hildegard, 1998.
510:. Sylvia Glickman, ed. Bryn Mawr, PA: Hildegard, 1991.
1078:
422:
follow the tradition of polonaise-writing created by
863:
Maria Szymanowska (1789--1831): Pianist and composer
543:
Alexander Kostrita, piano. Divine Art DDA25123, 2014
796:
Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831): Pianist and Composer
593:
Alla Polacca: Chopin et l'Ă©cole polonaise de piano
534:Alexander Kostrita, piano. Grand Piano GP685, 2015
413:and of Polish Sentimentalism. Szymanowska scholar
1001:Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831): A Bio-Bibliography
924:(Vol. 1). Indiana University Press. Pgs. 126-127.
814:"Szymanowska [née Wołowska], Maria Agata"
616:. Nancy Fierro, piano. Ars Musica Poloniae, 1993.
613:Riches and Rags: A Wealth of Piano Music by Women
1197:People from the Russian Empire of Polish descent
1138:
716:
714:
662:, Oxford University Press, USA (2010), p. 120
588:. Carole Carniel, piano. Ligia Digital, 2005.
947:, ed. L. Macy. (Accessed February 13, 2007).
494:. Maria Szmyd-Dormus, ed. KrakĂłw: PWM, 1990.
407:
163:
811:
711:
530:Szymanowska: Complete Dances for Solo Piano
296:. Unsourced material may be challenged and
1187:Classical pianists from the Russian Empire
922:New historical anthology of music by women
877:
859:
793:
688:, Polish Music Center at USC (2006), p. 27
564:Maria Szymanowska: Ballades & Romances
232:, and twins Celina (1812–55), who married
50:
1063:Annales / Académie Polonaise des Sciences
1046:International Music Score Library Project
400:List of compositions by Maria Szymanowska
316:Learn how and when to remove this message
720:
675:, Oxford University Press (2008), p. 183
608:. Karina Wisniewska, piano. Denon, 2000.
555:, piano. Acte Préalable AP0281-83, 2013
327:
984:Women Composers. Music Through the Ages
973:Women Composers. Music Through the Ages
826:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.27327
798:. Ann Arbor: University of Connecticut.
686:Maria Szymanowska: pianist and composer
548:Maria Szymanowska: Complete Piano Works
177:, who married the Polish Romantic poet
14:
1139:
957:Historical Anthology of Music by Women
844:
807:
805:
332:Szymanowska at the piano; portrait by
197:on 14 December 1789 into a prosperous
721:Chapelle, Elisabeth Zapolska (2011).
878:Dobrzański, Sławomir (Summer 2002).
775:(in German). Sophie Drinker Institut
580:. Anna Ciborowska, piano. Dux, 2004.
294:adding citations to reliable sources
261:
189:Marianna Agata Wołowska was born in
802:
250:She is presumed to be unrelated to
243:during the summer 1831 epidemic in
134:, 14 December 1789 – 25 July 1831,
24:
1028:Maria Szymanowska - Bibliography."
952:Maria Agata Szymanowska, 1789-1831
931:
25:
1263:
1192:Composers from the Russian Empire
1017:
363:In 1824, Maria performed for the
1247:Polish women classical composers
1157:19th-century classical composers
1124:
1112:
1100:
1088:
1042:Free scores by Maria Szymanowska
794:Dobrzanski, Slawomir P. (2001).
266:
122:
1232:Polish women classical pianists
1217:Polish people of Jewish descent
1162:19th-century classical pianists
914:
871:
866:(DMA Diss.). U. of Connecticut.
853:
838:
629:(Maria Szymanowska's daughter;
483:
393:
257:
980:Maria Szymanowska (1789–1831).
969:Maria Szymanowska (1789–1831).
967:Sarah Hanks Karlowicz (1998).
920:Briscoe, J. R. (Ed.). (2004).
787:
765:
744:
691:
678:
665:
649:
577:Maria Szymanowska: Piano Works
522:
13:
1:
1172:19th-century Polish musicians
860:Dobrzański, Slawomir (2001).
706:Academy of Sciences Publisher
642:
434:
431:possibilities as a composer.
56:Maria Szymanowska around 1830
1237:19th-century women composers
184:
7:
1252:19th-century women pianists
1070:Scores by Maria Szymanowska
937:Chechlińska, Zofia (2001).
812:Chechlińska, Zofia (2001).
620:
27:Polish composer and pianist
10:
1268:
1242:Polish classical composers
1202:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1004:. Lanham: Scarecrow Press.
978:Maria Anna Harley (1998).
474:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
397:
365:Royal Philharmonic Society
343:Royal Philharmonic Society
29:
1222:Polish Romantic composers
1212:Polish classical pianists
1177:19th-century Polish women
1167:19th-century keyboardists
1037:Maria Szymanowska Society
939:Szymanowska , Maria Agata
868:(Quote from the abstract)
100:
86:
76:
66:
61:
49:
42:
989:Iwanejko, Maria (1959).
962:Nocturne in B-flat Major
673:Music in Chopin's Warsaw
360:and performed with him.
173:. She was the mother of
1033:5, no. 1 (Summer 2002).
367:in London (May 18), at
128:Marianna Agata Wołowska
72:Marianna Agata Wołowska
18:Maria Agata Szymanowska
950:Fierro, Nancy (1987).
553:Sławomir P. Dobrzański
428:
424:Michal Kleofas Ogiński
408:
337:
164:
62:Background information
1207:Musicians from Warsaw
845:Swartz, Anne (2009).
684:Sławomir Dobrzański,
605:Inspiration to Chopin
598:Jean-Pierre Armengaud
419:
358:Johann Nepomuk Hummel
331:
169:of the era preceding
120:Polish pronunciation:
1227:Polish salon-holders
1031:Polish Music Journal
1024:Dobrzanski, SĹ‚awomir
998:Kijas, Anna (2010).
902:on 18 September 2015
884:Polish Music Journal
491:Album per pianoforte
442:Ludwig van Beethoven
405:pre-romantic period
388:Alexandra Feodorovna
290:improve this section
239:Szymanowska died of
1072:in digital library
415:Sławomir Dobrzański
230:Franciszek Malewski
211:Lanckoroński family
944:Grove Music Online
818:Grove Music Online
627:Celina Szymanowska
585:Szymanowska: Album
454:Gioacchino Rossini
338:
334:Aleksander Kokular
175:Celina Szymanowska
1052:Maria Szymanowska
1010:The Polish Review
992:Maria Szymanowska
708:, 1956, 186 pages
702:Maria Szymanowska
671:Halina Goldberg,
326:
325:
318:
252:Karol Szymanowski
215:Franciszek Lessel
121:
116:Maria Szymanowska
110:
109:
44:Maria Szymanowska
16:(Redirected from
1259:
1129:
1128:
1127:
1117:
1116:
1115:
1105:
1104:
1103:
1093:
1092:
1091:
1084:
995:. KrakĂłw: P.W.M.
925:
918:
912:
911:
909:
907:
898:. Archived from
875:
869:
867:
857:
851:
850:
842:
836:
835:
833:
832:
809:
800:
799:
791:
785:
784:
782:
780:
769:
763:
762:
761:
760:
748:
742:
741:
739:
737:
718:
709:
695:
689:
682:
676:
669:
663:
656:Jonathan Bellman
653:
411:
321:
314:
310:
307:
301:
270:
262:
167:
125:
119:
69:
54:
40:
39:
21:
1267:
1266:
1262:
1261:
1260:
1258:
1257:
1256:
1182:Adam Mickiewicz
1137:
1136:
1135:
1125:
1123:
1113:
1111:
1101:
1099:
1095:Classical music
1089:
1087:
1079:
1020:
934:
932:Further reading
929:
928:
919:
915:
905:
903:
876:
872:
858:
854:
843:
839:
830:
828:
810:
803:
792:
788:
778:
776:
771:
770:
766:
758:
756:
750:
749:
745:
735:
733:
719:
712:
696:
692:
683:
679:
670:
666:
654:
650:
645:
631:Adam Mickiewicz
623:
525:
507:Music for Piano
486:
478:Adam Mickiewicz
450:Frederic Chopin
446:Luigi Cherubini
437:
402:
396:
345:(18 May 1824),
322:
311:
305:
302:
287:
271:
260:
234:Adam Mickiewicz
223:Karol Kurpiński
203:Frankist Jewish
187:
179:Adam Mickiewicz
171:Frédéric Chopin
113:
81:Classical music
67:
57:
45:
38:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1265:
1255:
1254:
1249:
1244:
1239:
1234:
1229:
1224:
1219:
1214:
1209:
1204:
1199:
1194:
1189:
1184:
1179:
1174:
1169:
1164:
1159:
1154:
1149:
1134:
1133:
1121:
1109:
1097:
1077:
1076:
1067:
1058:
1049:
1039:
1034:
1019:
1018:External links
1016:
1015:
1014:
1013:30 (1): 43–58.
1005:
996:
987:
976:
965:
948:
933:
930:
927:
926:
913:
870:
852:
837:
801:
786:
764:
743:
710:
690:
677:
664:
647:
646:
644:
641:
640:
639:
634:
622:
619:
618:
617:
609:
601:
589:
581:
573:
560:
544:
535:
524:
521:
520:
519:
511:
503:
495:
485:
482:
470:Giuditta Pasta
466:Pierre Baillot
436:
433:
409:stile brillant
398:Main article:
395:
392:
384:Clara Schumann
369:Hanover Square
354:Imperial Court
347:Hanover Square
324:
323:
274:
272:
265:
259:
256:
186:
183:
165:stile brillant
152:St. Petersburg
136:St. Petersburg
112:Musical artist
111:
108:
107:
102:
98:
97:
88:
84:
83:
78:
74:
73:
70:
64:
63:
59:
58:
55:
47:
46:
43:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1264:
1253:
1250:
1248:
1245:
1243:
1240:
1238:
1235:
1233:
1230:
1228:
1225:
1223:
1220:
1218:
1215:
1213:
1210:
1208:
1205:
1203:
1200:
1198:
1195:
1193:
1190:
1188:
1185:
1183:
1180:
1178:
1175:
1173:
1170:
1168:
1165:
1163:
1160:
1158:
1155:
1153:
1150:
1148:
1145:
1144:
1142:
1132:
1122:
1120:
1110:
1108:
1098:
1096:
1086:
1085:
1082:
1075:
1071:
1068:
1065:
1064:
1059:
1057:
1053:
1050:
1047:
1043:
1040:
1038:
1035:
1032:
1029:
1025:
1022:
1021:
1012:
1011:
1006:
1003:
1002:
997:
994:
993:
988:
985:
981:
977:
974:
970:
966:
963:
959:
958:
953:
949:
946:
945:
940:
936:
935:
923:
917:
901:
897:
893:
889:
885:
881:
874:
865:
864:
856:
848:
841:
827:
823:
819:
815:
808:
806:
797:
790:
774:
768:
755:
754:
747:
732:
728:
724:
717:
715:
707:
703:
699:
694:
687:
681:
674:
668:
661:
657:
652:
648:
638:
637:List of Poles
635:
632:
628:
625:
624:
615:
614:
610:
607:
606:
602:
599:
595:
594:
590:
587:
586:
582:
579:
578:
574:
571:
567:
565:
561:
558:
554:
551:
549:
545:
542:
540:
536:
533:
531:
527:
526:
517:
516:
512:
509:
508:
504:
501:
500:
496:
493:
492:
488:
487:
481:
479:
475:
471:
467:
463:
459:
458:Johann Hummel
455:
451:
447:
443:
432:
427:
425:
418:
416:
412:
410:
401:
391:
389:
385:
381:
377:
372:
370:
366:
361:
359:
355:
350:
348:
344:
335:
330:
320:
317:
309:
306:December 2019
299:
295:
291:
285:
284:
280:
275:This section
273:
269:
264:
263:
255:
253:
248:
246:
245:St Petersburg
242:
237:
235:
231:
226:
224:
220:
216:
212:
208:
204:
200:
196:
192:
182:
180:
176:
172:
168:
166:
160:
155:
153:
149:
145:
141:
137:
133:
129:
124:
117:
106:
103:
99:
96:
92:
89:
87:Occupation(s)
85:
82:
79:
75:
71:
65:
60:
53:
48:
41:
37:
33:
19:
1061:
1056:Find a Grave
1030:
1008:
1000:
991:
983:
979:
972:
968:
961:
956:
951:
942:
938:
921:
916:
904:. Retrieved
900:the original
887:
883:
873:
862:
855:
840:
829:. Retrieved
817:
795:
789:
777:. Retrieved
767:
757:, retrieved
752:
746:
734:. Retrieved
730:
726:
701:
693:
685:
680:
672:
667:
659:
651:
611:
603:
591:
583:
575:
562:
546:
537:
528:
515:Six Romances
513:
505:
497:
489:
484:Modern works
438:
429:
420:
406:
403:
394:Compositions
373:
362:
351:
339:
312:
303:
288:Please help
276:
258:Performances
249:
238:
227:
219:JĂłzef Elsner
201:family with
188:
162:
159:compositions
156:
127:
115:
114:
1152:1831 deaths
1147:1789 births
698:Igor Boelza
523:Discography
499:25 Mazurkas
380:Franz Liszt
207:Jacob Frank
32:Szymanowski
1141:Categories
954:. In: the
906:7 November
831:2023-01-28
759:2023-11-21
736:7 November
704:. Moscow:
643:References
462:John Field
435:Reputation
376:virtuosity
101:Instrument
68:Birth name
30:See also:
1107:Biography
896:1521-6039
557:AP0281-83
277:does not
185:Biography
633:'s wife)
621:See also
144:virtuoso
95:composer
36:Wołowski
1081:Portals
1048:(IMSLP)
1044:at the
779:11 June
298:removed
283:sources
241:cholera
126:; born
91:Pianist
1119:Poland
1074:Polona
894:
570:AP0260
199:Polish
195:Poland
191:Warsaw
148:Europe
140:Russia
132:Warsaw
77:Genres
1131:Music
941:, in
890:(1).
727:PIANO
105:Piano
982:In:
971:In:
908:2015
892:ISSN
781:2016
738:2015
476:and
382:and
281:any
279:cite
221:and
157:Her
34:and
1054:at
1026:. "
822:doi
292:by
1143::
886:.
882:.
820:.
816:.
804:^
731:25
729:.
725:.
713:^
700:,
658:,
596:.
472:;
468:,
464:;
460:,
456:,
452:,
448:,
444:,
390:.
247:.
217:,
193:,
181:.
138:,
130:;
93:,
1083::
964:.
910:.
888:5
849:.
834:.
824::
783:.
740:.
572:.
566:.
559:.
550:.
541:.
532:.
336:.
319:)
313:(
308:)
304:(
300:.
286:.
118:(
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
