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Born in Wiszniew, Święcany district, Lithuania, Dec 11, 1876
Died near Zakopane, Tatra Mountains, Feb 8, 1909
- Karłowicz was a violinst, composer and conductor, and was involved with the Warsaw Music Society, a Polish group which published music composition and music research and arranged concerts.
- In addition to composing, Karłowicz did musicological work: in 1904 he published Nie wydane dotychczas pamiątki po Chopinie (‘Previously Unpublished Memorabilia of Chopin’).
- Fun fact: His father, Jan Karłowicz, was a philologist, ethnographer, composer, and writer on Polish folk music.1
Sources
- Michael Murphy and Jim Samson, “Karłowicz, Mieczysław,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed October 31, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000014716.