Piotr Perkowski (17 March 1901 in Oweczacze (Овечаче, Ovechache, now Druzhne),

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, now in

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– 12 August 1990 in

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) was a

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. Perkowski studied at the Music Academy in Warsaw, and in Paris with

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. He was a professor and a director at the Conservatory of Toruń (1936–1939). During

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he took part in the underground music movement, and fought in the

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. After 1945, he was a composition teacher in Warsaw and Wroclaw. His pupils included

Piotr Moss Piotr Moss (born 13 May 1949 in Bydgoszcz) is a Polish composer of contemporary classical music. Since 1981, he has lived in Paris and since 1984 has been a French citizen. Moss studied in Poland with Piotr Perkowski, Grażyna Bacewicz, Krzysztof ...

. Perkowski composed

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(''Żołnierz zwycięstwa'', 1953),

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(''Girlandy'', 1961), five

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s, a

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, two violin concertos and several songs.

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Piotr Perkowski at the Polish Music Information Centre
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