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• IGNACE JAN PADEREWSKI (186o- )

PADEREWSKI (186o- )  , Polish pianist and composer, was born in Podolia, a province of Russian Poland . He studied music chiefly at Warsaw, Berlin and Vienna, where he was a pupil of Theodor Leschetizky (b . 1830), the pianist and composer . He made his first public appearance in Vienna in 1887, in Paris in 1889, and in London in 1890, his brilliant playing created a furore which went to almost extravagant lengths of admiration; and his triumphs were repeated in America in 1891 . His name at once became synonymous with the highest pitch of pianoforte playing, and society was at his feet . In 1899 he married Baroness de Rosen, and after 1900 he appeared but little in public; but he became better known as a composer, chiefly of pieces for his own instrument . In 1901 his opera Manru was performed at Dresden .