Emil Szymon Młynarski (; 18 July 18705 April 1935) was a Polish
conductor
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,
violin
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ist,
composer, and
pedagogue
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.
Life
Młynarski was born in
Kibarty (Kybartai),
Russian Empire
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, now in
Lithuania. He studied violin with
Leopold Auer
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Early life and career
Au ...
and composition with
Anatoly Lyadov
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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
principal conductor
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of the
Scottish Orchestra
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in
Glasgow
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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
symphony
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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
Nigel Kennedy
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His early career was primarily spent performing classical music, and he has since expanded into jazz, klezmer, and other music genres.
Early life and background
Kenn ...
.
Emil Młynarski died in
Warsaw
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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
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. 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
Sortable
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list of compositions categorized by genre,
opus number
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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 Młynarskiin digital library
Polona
1870 births
1935 deaths
19th-century classical composers
20th-century classical composers
Academic staff of the Chopin University of Music
People from Kybartai
Polish male classical composers
Polish classical violinists
Polish conductors (music)
Polish Romantic composers
Russian classical violinists
Male classical violinists
Russian classical composers
Russian male classical composers
19th-century conductors (music)
20th-century Russian conductors (music)
Russian male conductors (music)
20th-century Russian male musicians
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