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Karol Kurpiński

1785 - 1857

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Karol Kazimierz Kurpiński (March 5, 1785 – September 18, 1857) was a Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue. He was a representative of late classicism and a member of the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning (Polish: Towarzystwo Warszawskie Przyjaciół Nauk, TWPN). He is also known for having composed the music to the 1831 patriotic song La Varsovienne with lyrics by Casimir Delavigne. He was also a mentor and an influence on young Chopin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karol Kurpiński is the 1,102nd most popular composer (up from 1,143rd in 2019), the 918th most popular biography from Poland (up from 982nd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Polish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Karol Kurpiński ranks 1,102 out of 1,451. Before him are Felice Anerio, Jānis Ivanovs, Karl Klindworth, Peter H. Gilmore, Cyril Scott, and Giovanni Maria Nanino. After him are Leo Ornstein, Walter Braunfels, Harald Sæverud, Jean Guillou, Boris Papandopulo, and Renzo Rossellini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, Karol Kurpiński ranks 48. Before him are Martín Miguel de Güemes, Francisco Antonio Pinto, Anna Sundström, Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt, Abel de Pujol, and William Beaumont. After him are János Scitovszky, Ján Hollý, Oliver Hazard Perry, Manuel Basilio Bustamante, Arvid August Afzelius, and Per Georg Scheutz. Among people deceased in 1857, Karol Kurpiński ranks 56. Before him are Abe Masahiro, Frederick Scott Archer, Elisha Kent Kane, Johann Georg Hiedler, Stefano Franscini, and Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer. After him are Louis McLane, William L. Marcy, Vasily Perovsky, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, and David Thompson.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Karol Kurpiński ranks 918 out of 1,694. Before him are Karl Decker (1897), Anna Dymna (1951), Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (1950), Ewa Demarczyk (1941), Friedrich von Adelung (1768), and Florian Ceynowa (1817). After him are Tadeusz Boy-Żeleński (1874), Marek Jędraszewski (1949), Karl von Holtei (1798), Christian Hoffmann von Hoffmannswaldau (1616), Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905), and Łukasz Górnicki (1527).

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Among COMPOSERS In Poland

Among composers born in Poland, Karol Kurpiński ranks 32. Before him are Carl Schuricht (1880), Salomon Jadassohn (1831), Arnold Mendelssohn (1855), Wacław of Szamotuły (1520), Mykhailo Verbytskyi (1815), and Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (1953). After him are Zygmunt Noskowski (1846), Ludomir Różycki (1883), Tadeusz Baird (1928), Oskar Kolberg (1814), Józef Kozłowski (1757), and Władysław Żeleński (1837).

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