Princess Marcelina Czartoryska, née Radziwiłł (18 May 1817 in Podłużne − 5 June 1894 in

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) was a prominent Polish aristocrat and pianist.

Life

Born into the mighty Polish magnate family, the Radziwiłłs, in 1840 she married Aleksander Czartoryski, an aristocrat from a family of no lesser notability. She was taught piano by

Carl Czerny Carl Czerny (; 21 February 1791 – 15 July 1857) was an Austrian composer, teacher, and pianist of Czech origin whose music spanned the late Classical and early Romantic eras. His vast musical production amounted to over a thousand works and ...

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and by Frédéric Chopin in

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. She gave concerts across Europe, often with prominent musicians such as Franz Liszt,

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and

Henri Vieuxtemps Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps ( 17 February 18206 June 1881) was a Belgian composer and violinist. He occupies an important place in the history of the violin as a prominent exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the mid-19th ce ...

. In Paris she became a prominent guest at the

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, bought by Prince

Adam Jerzy Czartoryski Adam Jerzy Czartoryski (; lt, Аdomas Jurgis Čartoriskis; 14 January 177015 July 1861), in English known as Adam George Czartoryski, was a Polish nobleman, statesman, diplomat and author. The son of a wealthy prince, he began his political c ...

, a close relative of her husband Aleksander. In 1849 she was present at the deathbed of her teacher and friend, Frédéric Chopin. From 1870 she lived in Kraków, where she gave mainly private concerts and, thanks to her artistic connections, contributed to founding a Conservatory in 1888. She died in 1894 and was buried at the

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References

Bibliography

*Stanisław Dybowski, ''Słownik pianistów polskich'' (Dictionary of Polish Pianists), Przedsiębiorstwo Muzyczne "Selene", Warsaw, 2003. * Stanisław Tarnowski,
Księżna Marcelina Czartoryska
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