Władysława Markiewiczówna (5 February 1900 in

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– 17 May 1982 in

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) was a Polish pianist and renowned educator. She studied in the Conservatory of the Musical Society in

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(nowadays Academy of Music in Kraków) in the piano class of Severin Eisenberger as well as in theory of music class of

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. 1922-27 she studied in Berlin (composition with Hugo Leichtentritt and piano with . From 1929 she taught at the University of Music in Katowice, since 1958 as a Professor. From 1963 to 1968 she was head of the piano department. Her students include Tadeusz Żmudziński, Kazimierz Kord, Andrzej Jasiński and

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Notable works

Many of Markiewiczówna's works are published by Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (PWM). *''Variations on a Folk Theme'' for piano (1924) *''2 Miniatures'' for piano (1926) *''Sonatina'' for oboe and piano (1935) *''Suite'' for two pianos (1936) *''Colored Pictures'' for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1937) *''Elementary Piano Course'' (1946) *''Colored Pictures'' for piano (1947) *''Toccata'' for bassoon and piano (1948) *''Sonata'' for clarinet, bassoon and piano (1952) *''Sonata'' for two pianos (1954) *''Sonatina'' for bassoon and piano (1954) *''6 Preludes'' for piano (1955) *''Suite'' for soprano solo and chamber orchestra (text by

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Alumni of the Academy of Music in Kraków 1900 births 1982 deaths People from Bochnia 20th-century Polish classical pianists Polish women classical pianists 20th-century Polish women pianists {{classical-pianist-stub