Edward Stefan Łodwigowski (14 August 1815Obituary for Łodwigowski
in Echo Muzyczne, 1895, No.46 (633), p. 549. – 12 November 1895) was a Polish composer. Born near

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in 1815, he first studied music privately with his father, who was a kapellmeister. He died, when Łodwigowski was 12. He stayed in Warsaw since 1840. In 1854 he was residing at Robert Bothe's house in the Nowy Świat Street. His compositions, though being at best of middle-importance, were successful, especially

mazurka The Mazurka ( Polish: ''mazurek'') is a Polish musical form based on stylised folk dances in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo, with character defined mostly by the prominent mazur's "strong accents unsystematically placed on the seco ...

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s and cracoviennes. He also published some transcriptions from

Stanisław Moniuszko Stanisław Moniuszko (; May 5 (17), 1819 – June 4, 1872) was a Polish composer, conductor, organist and pedagogue. He wrote many popular art songs and operas, including '' The Haunted Manor'' and '' Halka'', and his music is filled with patr ...

's operas. By the end of his life, Łodwigowski was an old-fashioned pianist and taught the basics of music. He died in Warsaw on his 80th year.

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Scores by Stefan Łodwigowski
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1815 births 1895 deaths Composers from the Russian Empire Polish composers Polish Romantic composers {{Composer-stub

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