Adam of Wągrowiec (also Adam from Wągrowiec) (Polish: Adam z Wągrowca) (died 27 August 1629), was a Polish composer and

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, as well as a

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in the

Wągrowiec (german: Wongrowitz) is a town in west-central Poland, from both Poznań and Bydgoszcz. Since the 18th century it has been the a seat of a powiat. Administratively it is attached to the Greater Poland Voivodeship. The town is situated in the mi ...

cloister. He was born in

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. He was famous during his life, and was invited to inspect a new organ in

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on 17 March 1620. Over twenty of his compositions for organ were found in the

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(ca. 1618) in

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. Adam was the first to use a separate third staff for the

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pedalboard

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. All of Adam's pieces were recorded by Rostislaw Wygranienko in 2006.

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A modern edition of Adam's works
Year of birth missing 1629 deaths Polish classical organists Male classical organists Polish Cistercians Polish Christian monks Polish Baroque composers 17th-century classical composers Polish male classical composers 17th-century male musicians People from Chodzież County {{Poland-composer-stub

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