Karol Szymanowski

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Polish composer (1882-1937)

MusiciansLived 1882 to 1937 · aged 54

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Karol Maciej Szymanowski was a Polish composer, pianist and writer. He was a member of the modernist Young Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century.

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Nowy Świat 47 street, Warsaw, where Szymanowski lived and composed in 1924-29

Villa Atma, Szymanowski's house in Zakopane, now the Karol Szymanowski Museum

Autograph of the Stabat Mater score commissioned by Bronisław Krystall, 1926

Bust of Szymanowski in Kielce

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Awards 11

Order of St. Sava

Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature

Gold Cross of Merit‎

Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Order of the White Eagle

commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy‎

Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy

Knight of the Legion of Honour

Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music

In their orbit 3

FatherStanisław Bonawentura Marian Korwin-Szymanowski

MotherAnna Dominika Teodora Taube

SiblingFeliks Szymanowski

Connected to Karol 6

Antonio FogazzaroAlso won commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy‎

Joseph BédierAlso won Golden Laurel of the Polish Academy of Literature

Alexander I of SerbiaAlso won Order of St. Sava

John BuchanAlso won Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy

Charles KoechlinAlso won Honorary Member of the International Society for Contemporary Music

Primo CarneraAlso won commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy‎