Aleksander Zarzycki

Polish pianist, composer, conductor

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

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

His Grande Polonaise and Piano Concerto have been recorded by Jonathan Plowright.

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Works

Chant du printemps, op. 34 no. 1
Grande polonaise in E-flat major, op. 7
Introduction et Cracovienne in D major, op. 35
Introduction et Cracovienne in D major, op. 35: I. Introduction: Andantino
Introduction et Cracovienne in D major, op. 35: II. Cracovienne: Vivace
Mazurka in G major, op. 26
Piano Concerto in A-flat major, op. 17
Piano Concerto in A-flat major, op. 17: I. Andante
Piano Concerto in A-flat major, op. 17: II. Allegro non troppo