Factbites
 Where results make sense
About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us  

Topic: Ignacy Paderewski


Related Topics

  
 Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Paderewski decided to devote himself to music and in 1881 he went to Berlin to study music composition with Friedrich Kiel and.
Paderewski is remembered by many for his quote on the need for endurance in perfecting a skill: "If I don't practice for one day, I know it; if I don't practice for two days, the critics know it; if I don't practice for three days, the audience knows it."
During World War I, Paderewski became an active member of the in Paris, which was soon accepted by the Entente as the representation of the allied Poland, even though the country was still under German and Austro-Hungarian occupation.
newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Ignace_Paderewski   (897 words)

  
 Ignacy Jan Paderewski -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (November 6, 1860 – June 29, 1941) was a (The property of being smooth and shiny) Polish (A person who plays the piano) pianist, (Someone who composes music as a profession) composer and politician, the third (Click link for more info and facts about Prime Minister of Poland) Prime Minister of Poland.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski was born in the village of Kuryłówka in the province of (Click link for more info and facts about Podolia) Podolia, Poland.
Paderewski decided to devote himself to music and in 1881 he went to (Capital of Germany located in eastern Germany) Berlin to study music composition with F. Kiel and Heinrich Urban.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/ig/ignacy_jan_paderewski.htm   (1235 words)

  
 Composer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Paderewski, trained in Warsaw, later became a pupil of Leschetizky in Vienna, embarking then on a distinguished international career as a virtuoso pianist.
Paderewski wrote a number of attractive short pieces for piano in the early years of his career.
Paderewski left a Piano Concerto, written in 1888, and a Fantaisie polonaise sure des thèmes originaux (Polish Fantasy on Original Themes) for piano and orchestra.
www.naxos.com /composer/btm.asp?fullname=Paderewski,+Ignacy+Jan   (146 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (November 6, 1860 – June 29, 1941) was a Polish virtuoso pianist, composer, diplomat and politician, the third Prime Minister of Poland.
Paderewski decided to devote himself to music and in 1881 he went to Berlin to study music composition with Friedrich Kiel and Heinrich Urban.
In 1936 in his mansion a coalition of members of the opposition was signed; it was nicknamed the Front Morges after the name of the village.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ignacy-Jan-Paderewski   (2579 words)

  
 classical Ignacy Jan Paderewski   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Paderewski's arpeggiation of the first chord of the raindrop prelude is nothing short of a stroke of genius.
Only having heard of Paderewski, almost as a legend, it is breathtaking to finally behold this "ultimate pianist".
Paderewski always strives for beauty of tone and expression and seems to be uninterested in modern pyrotechnics.
savebazar.com /P-Classical-QjAwMDAwSUlZTA%3D%3D-Ignacy+Jan+Paderewski.html   (499 words)

  
 A Salute to Paderewski - Creative Keyboard, November 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski was born on November 6, 1860 in a small village in Podolia, a former Province of the old Polish Republic.
After several months Paderewski's father was released from prison but everything was different now, the property he had managed was now in receivership so the children continued living with their aunt until their father found a new position.
Paderewski was famous everywhere for composing his Minuet in G. In 1891 he came to America and gave his first concert at Carnegie hall on November 17, 1891, then gave 117 concerts on his tour.
www.melbay.com /creativekeyboard/nov01/paderewski.html   (1364 words)

  
 PMC Sites: Ignacy Paderewski
Paderewski's appearance, along with his blend of aristocratic refinement and power over the masses, was certainly what the time required.
Although Paderewski aspired to be a great composer and considered it his most enjoyable pursuit, he devoted only a relatively small portion of his energies to it.
The Paderewski Festival in 1997 is scheduled for March 21-23.
www.usc.edu /dept/polish_music/composer/paderewski.html   (3099 words)

  
 Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Patriot, Composer, Piano Virtuoso, Philanthropist, Statesman
On November 6, 1860, Ignacy Jan Paderewski is born in Kurylowka, in an area annexed by Russia following the partition of Poland (presently in the Ukraine).
At the age of nine, that is in 1869, Ignacy muses that, to uplift his nation's spirits, he will erect in 1910, on the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald where the combined Polish-Lithuanian Armies vanquished the Teutonic Knights in one of the biggest battles of the Middle Ages, a monument celebrating that victory.
In 1917, at a convention of Polish Falcons in Pittsburgh, Paderewski calls for the formation of Polish Army which will fight alongside Americans in World War I. In Paris, he becomes a member of the newly formed Polish National Committee and is delegated to be its representative in the United States.
wings.buffalo.edu /info-poland/classroom/paderewski/tg.html   (1849 words)

  
 Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (November 6, 1860 - June 29, 1941) was a Polish pianist, composer and politician, born in Kurylowka, a village in the province of Podolia, Poland.
At the end of World War I (1914-1918), when the fate of the city of Poznań; and the whole region of Greater Poland was still undecided, Paderewski visited Poznan.
In 1919, in the newly independent Poland, Paderewski became the Prime Minister (January, 1919 - November, 1919).
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/i/ig/ignacy_jan_paderewski.html   (293 words)

  
 Moscicki, Ignacy --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
The Polish statesman, scholar, and chemist Ignacy Moscicki served as the third president of the Polish republic from 1926 to 1939.
Ignacy Moscicki was born on Dec. 1, 1867, in Mierzanów, Poland, which was then part of the Russian Empire.
Until Paderewski was 24 years old, his teachers told him he would never be a concert pianist.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9330627?tocId=9330627   (629 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Paderewski's real success began in Vienna and he dedicated his success to his friends who gave him the support and encouragement to conquer the European audience.
While Paderewski was writing an opera entitled "Manru", Gronowicz returned once again to the personal life of Paderewski when Paderewski learned of his father's death.
Paderewski was a man who sacrificed himself for Poland and her people not knowing if he, too, would have the chance reap the benefits of a free nation.
patriciagray.net /Musichtmls/Nationalism/Writing/PadBR.html   (1506 words)

  
 Read about Ignacy Jan Paderewski at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Ignacy Jan Paderewski and learn about Ignacy ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski was born in the village of Kuryłówka in the province of
Poznań; and the whole region of Greater Poland was still undecided, Paderewski visited Poznań;.
Polish Defence War of 1939 Paderewski returned to public life.
encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Ignacy_Jan_Paderewski   (669 words)

  
 Paderewski
Had he been representing a power of the first class he easily would have become one of the foremost of those whose decisions were finally to be written into the peace.
A memorable article in the LA Times stated: "Some of his Zinfandel was as coveted as his music." Each year in March the community sponsors a Paderewski Festival weekend with music concerts, lectures, tours of wineries and a Polish breakfast.
Although Paderewski travelled all over the world and had a home in Switzerland, he wrote in his memoirs, "America, the country of my heart, my second home." His heart is interned at the church of the Black Madonna in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
www.polamjournal.com /Library/Biographies/Paderewski/paderewski.html   (2637 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski, born on November 6, 1860, achieved prominence in Poland as a composer and concert pianist by 1881.
In 1912, Ignacy's life as a pianist was almost ended due to a severe attack of arthritis in his right hand.
Paderewski's body lay in the crypt of the Mast of the Maine for two decades, a fact known only to a few.
www.paderewskirowny.org /bio.html   (1638 words)

  
 Polish Music Journal 4.1.01 - Paderewski and Poland's 10th Anniversary, Part III
Paderewski starts his speech with a rhetorical figure, casting himself as an accused criminal during laudatory proceedings.
As the first prime minister of independent Poland, Paderewski took the residence in the Royal Castle in Warsaw—for which he was strongly criticized.
The Polish Army in France was formed on the initiative of a French-Polish military commission in 1917; Paderewski wrote a letter to President Wilson requesting his permission to form this army and to recruit Polish citizens in the U.S. to join it in August 1917.
www.usc.edu /dept/polish_music/PMJ/issue/4.1.01/paderewskitribute3.html   (4557 words)

  
 Paderewski, Ignace Jan on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He amassed a large fortune, most of which he donated to the service of Poland and the benefit of needy musicians and Jewish refugees.
Paderewski died shortly after returning to the United States to plead Poland's cause once again.
He established (1900) the Paderewski Fund to forward musical composition in the United States.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/P/Paderews.asp   (330 words)

  
 Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski was born in 1860 in the village of Kurylowka, Podolia, Poland.
Paderewski's efforts, with support from the American government and American people, helped Poland regain her freedom after World War I. He was also one of the signers of the Paris Peace Treaty which was responsible for reestablishing the proper boundaries between Poland and her neighbors.
Paderewski became ill during a mission to the United States while requesting additional support for Poland against Hitler's Nazi invaders.
www.polishamericancenter.com /Paderewski.htm   (343 words)

  
 [No title]
Paderewski's efforts, with support from the American government and American people, helped Poland regain her freedom after World War I. During World War I the U.S. Congress passed a resolution of sympathy and President Wilson, by proclamation, set January 1, 1916 as a day for giving to the suffering of the Polish people.
Paderewski became the chief framer of the Polish Constitution of 1919 and served as Poland's delegate to the League of Nations in Geneva.
By presidential decree (an action taken only once before in U.S. history) he was buried at Arlington Cemetery in Washington, D.C. He was laid to rest under the mast of the battleship Maine until his body could be transported in 1992 to a free Poland for burial in the Warsaw’s St. John’s Cathedral.
www.angelfire.com /scifi2/rsolecki/ignacy_paderewski.html   (1804 words)

  
 PolishRoots - Biography
A concert pianist, Ignacy Jan Paderewski was born in Kurylovka, a district of Podolia which is today part of the Soviet Union.
Paderewski was widely hailed for his renditions of Frederick Chopin’s compositions, although Paderewski’s own works are known and played all over the world.
Paderewski’s body lies in a crypt at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C. scheduled for re-burial on June 28, 1992 in a free Poland.
www.polishroots.org /Bios/paderewski.htm   (460 words)

  
 George Bush Presidential Library and Museum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
God gave Paderewski extraordinary talents, and he was generous in their use.
Just as Paderewski had fought against dictatorship half a century earlier, people of Polish origin and culture in America played a critical role in razing the Iron Curtain and launching Europe into a new era of freedom and unity.
It will be one of the greatest honors of my Presidency to take part in the final rites for Ignacy Paderewski when, to paraphrase the stirring strain of the Polish anthem, he will be rejoined with the people of his nation.
bushlibrary.tamu.edu /research/papers/1992/92062601.html   (766 words)

  
 Polish American Leadership Initiative   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
"Paderewski's cultural, humanitarian and political contributions were noticed and in 1932, the City of Chicago presented Paderewski an Honorary Citizenship of the city," said the Mayor.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski was born on November 6, 1860 in the village of Kurylowka in what was then Russia.
An honorary citizen of Chicago, Paderewski led freedom rallies at several public venues in the City of Chicago and called out for independence from his headquarters in the Wicker Park neighborhood.
www.palichicago.org /Press/DaleyPaderewski.htm   (349 words)

  
 Ignacy Paderewski, Poland (1860-1941) - Hall of Freedom - Politics - Liberal International   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In addition to music, Paderewski was also involved with politics.
Throughout his life Paderewski was a staunch patriot.
During World War I, he became a member of the Polish National Committee and was appointed its representative to the United States, where he urged President Woodrow Wilson to support the cause of Polish independence.
www.liberal-international.org /editorial.asp?ia_id=986   (167 words)

  
 POLISH NEWS - Polish History Page - The Grand Finale of the American Tribute to Paderewski.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Celebrations commemorating Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1861-1941), the virtuoso musician, prudent statesman, and generous humanitarian, have been taking place throughout the United States in cities visited by Paderewski during his many U.S. concert tours from 1894 trough 1941.
The Grand Finale of the American Tribute to Paderewski, originally scheduled at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C., was held in Baltimore at Towson University on Sunday, November 4, 2001.
The International Tribute to Paderewski 2000-2001 was initiated on the occasion of the 140th anniversary of Paderewski’s birth and the 60th anniversary of his death by the International Friends of Music Association and The International Tribute to I.J. Paderewski Committee, in cooperation with private, and public organizations.
www.polishnews.com /fulltext/history/2001/history8.shtml   (830 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Editorial Reviews Books: Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Polish Pianist and Patriot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Paderewski's musical talent burgeoned early and led him to several world tours, where his beneficence and congeniality not only made him a wealthy artist but also paved the way for his later becoming a noted diplomat after injuries from a train wreck thwarted his musical career.
Paderewski's earlier kindnesses to Herbert Hoover, FDR, and Gandhi revived his country when he was repaid by the world leaders with aid to Poland during both world wars.
His personal trials of frequent illness and the deaths of his wife and son are interesting; his musical brilliance and mastery of language (he spoke seven fluently) are impressive.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/books/1883846293/reviews   (326 words)

  
 János Darvas porträtiert Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Süddeutsche Zeitung 11.4.1986   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Erst der damals berühmte Klavierpädagoge Leschetitzky in Wien brachte den inzwischen 24jährigen entscheidend voran.
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860 bis 1941) war wohl nicht nur der erfolgreichste Klaviervirtuose seiner Zeit.
Seinen Durchbruch hatte Paderewski 1888 mit einem Konzert in Paris, und von da an gab's kein Halten mehr.
www.darvas.de /paderew.htm   (349 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Factbites
  About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us  
Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.