Filipina Brzezińska-Szymanowska Explained

Filipina Brzezińska-Szymanowska (1 January 1800  - 11 November 1886) was a Polish pianist and composer. She was born in Warsaw, the daughter of Franciszek Szymanowski and Agata Wołowska. She studied with Charles Mayer and was influenced by her sister-in-law, composer Maria Szymanowska.^{[1] [2]} She married Franciszek Jakub Brzeziński (1794 - 1846) and had four children: Franciszka Teofila Krysińska (born Brzezińska), Kazimierz Brzeziński, Teofila Zieleńska (born Brzezińska) and Aniela Brzezińska.

Brzezińska-Szymanowska composed works for organ and piano. In 1876 she published a collection of short organ preludes. She died in Warsaw.

Works

Selected works include:

• Nocturne
• Verlaß uns nicht (Do not leave us)^[3]
• Fifteen short preludes for organ
• In the Tatra Mountains
• Urbi et Orbi, cantata

External links

• Scores by Filipina Brzezińska-Szymanowska in digital library Polona

Notes and References

1. Book: Organ and harpsichord music by women composers: an annotated catalog. Heinrich, Adel. 1991.
2. Book: The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. Julie Anne. Sadie. Rhian. Samuel. 1994. W. W. Norton & Company . 9780393034875. 2 February 2011.
3. Book: Encyklopedia muzyki. Chodkowski, Andrzej. 1995.