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Emil Szymon Młynarski (; 18 July 18705 April 1935) was a Polish
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,
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ist, composer, and
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Life

Młynarski was born in Kibarty (Kybartai),
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, now in Lithuania. He studied violin with
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and composition with
Anatoly Lyadov Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov (russian: Анато́лий Константи́нович Ля́дов; ) was a Russian composer, teacher, and conductor. Biography Lyadov was born in 1855 in St. Petersburg, into a family of eminent Russian ...
and
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov . At the time, his name was spelled Николай Андреевичъ Римскій-Корсаковъ. la, Nicolaus Andreae filius Rimskij-Korsakov. The composer romanized his name as ''Nicolas Rimsk ...
. He was the founding conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and subsequently served as
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in
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from 1910 to 1916. He conducted the premiere of Karol Szymanowski's opera '' King Roger''. He composed, among other things, a
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dedicated to his homeland (Symphony in F major, Op. 14, ''Polonia''), and two violin concertos (1897, 1917). The latter concerto, in D major, Op. 16, has been recorded by Konstanty Kulka and
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. Emil Młynarski died in
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at age 64. His daughter Wanda married
Wiktor Łabuński Wiktor may refer to: *Andrzej Wiktor (1931–2018), Polish malacologist *Wiktor Andersson (1887–1966), Swedish film actor *Wiktor Balcarek (1915–1998), Polish chess player *Wiktor Biegański (1892–1974), Polish actor, film director and screen ...
. His daughter Aniela (Nela, Nelly) married Mieczysław Munz and later
Arthur Rubinstein Arthur Rubinstein ( pl, Artur Rubinstein; 28 January 188720 December 1982) was a Polish-American pianist.
. He is the grandfather of John Rubinstein and the great-grandfather of Michael Weston, both American actors. He is closely related to the famous Polish poet and singer
Wojciech Młynarski Wojciech Młynarski (26 March 1941 – 15 March 2017) was a Polish poet, singer, songwriter, translator and theatre director, director. A well-known figure on the Polish musical scene, he was most famous for his ballads and what is known as sung ...
(1941–2017) and his daughter Agata Młynarska (born 1965), a Polish celebrity TV journalist. Among his students were Pyotr Stolyarsky (the teacher of David Oistrakh),
Paul Kochanski Paul Kochanski (born Paweł Kochański; 30 August 1887 – 12 January 1934) was a Polish violinist, composer and arranger active in the United States. Training and early career Paweł Kochański was born in Odesa to Polish-Jewish parent ...
, Alexander Zhitomirsky,Alexander Zhitomirsky (Александер Матвеевич Житомирский) (1881-1937)
Paul Kletzki Paul Kletzki (born Paweł Klecki; 21 March 1900 – 5 March 1973) was a Polish conductor and composer. Biography Born in Łódź, Kletzki joined the Łódź Philharmonic at the age of fifteen as a violinist. After serving in the First World W ...
, and Wiktor Łabuński.


Selected works

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list of compositions categorized by genre,
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, date of composition, titles, and scoring


See also

*
List of Poles This is a partial list of notable Polish or Polish-speaking or -writing people. People of partial Polish heritage have their respective ancestries credited. Science Physics * Czesław Białobrzeski * Andrzej Buras * Georges Charp ...


References


Profile by Malgorzata Kosinska, Polish Music Information Center


External links

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Scores by Emil Młynarski
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