Composers

Aleksander Zarzycki

Aleksander Zarzycki
26.02.1834 - 1.11.1895
Country:Poland
Period:Romantique

Biography

Aleksander Zarzycki (February 26, 1834 in Lviv (Lemberg), Austria-Hungary, (now Ukraine) – November 1, 1895 in Warsaw) was a Polish pianist, composer and conductor. Author of piano and violin compositions, mazurkas, polonaises, Krakowiaks, and songs.

In 1871 he co-founded and became a first director of the Warsaw Music Society (Warszawskie Towarzystwo Muzyczne). In the years of 1879–1888 director of the Warsaw Music Institute (Insytut Muzyczny w Warszawie). 

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