Aleksander Mirecki
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Antoine Aleksander Mirecki (Chrzanów
, Kraków
, 13 April 1809 - Madrid
, 18 November 1882), was a Polish violinist.
He was born in 1809 in Chrzanów, but he lived in Kraków with his mother, Françoise Kutzkowska and his young father, the half-brother of the pedagog and compositor Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki. In 1826 he went to Warsaw
and began military training. He participated in the November Uprising
, when he was teaching in the Military Academy. He fought in the disturbances of Warsaw, with heroic attitude, and fled from the subsequent persecution to France by the end of 1831, remaining his family in Kraków. Along with other young people of the Polish nobility, Louis Philip of Orleans was received in the Court of Paris, and named Marischal of the Polish Legion to service of the king of France. He participated in political Polish life during the French exile, with Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
, in the Hôtel Lambert
.
Towards 1840 he laid down arms and was transferred to the south of France along with Adam Jerzy Czartoryski and other members of the Polish Legion, and he settled soon first in Pau and in Tarbes
(Hautes-Pyrénées
), as a violin professor. An important community of minor Polish nobility settled then in that region. There, he married Marie Zelinne Larramat, a Huguenot
(28 October 1844), with whom he had three children: Maurice Mirecki (1845), Victor
(1847) and Françoise (1850). In 1857 Mirecki occupied the chair of violin in the Conservatory of Bordeaux
, where he was transferred with his family and where they resided until his retirement.
A great friend of Adrien François Servais and Henri Vieuxtemps
, Mirecki initiated his two older children into the art of music. In 1881 he and his wife went to Madrid to reside with their son Victor, in which city the elder Mirecki died on 18 November 1882. He is buried in Madrid.
Chrzanów
Chrzanów is a town in south Poland with 39,704 inhabitants . It is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and is the capital of Chrzanów County.- To 1809:...
, Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
, 13 April 1809 - Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, 18 November 1882), was a Polish violinist.
He was born in 1809 in Chrzanów, but he lived in Kraków with his mother, Françoise Kutzkowska and his young father, the half-brother of the pedagog and compositor Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki. In 1826 he went to Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
and began military training. He participated in the November Uprising
November Uprising
The November Uprising , Polish–Russian War 1830–31 also known as the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in Warsaw when the young Polish officers from the local Army of the Congress...
, when he was teaching in the Military Academy. He fought in the disturbances of Warsaw, with heroic attitude, and fled from the subsequent persecution to France by the end of 1831, remaining his family in Kraków. Along with other young people of the Polish nobility, Louis Philip of Orleans was received in the Court of Paris, and named Marischal of the Polish Legion to service of the king of France. He participated in political Polish life during the French exile, with Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
Adam Jerzy Czartoryski
Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski was a Polish-Lithuanian noble, statesman and author. He was the son of Prince Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski and Izabela Fleming....
, in the Hôtel Lambert
Hôtel Lambert
Hôtel Lambert is a hôtel particulier, a grand mansion townhouse, on the Quai Anjou on the eastern tip of the Île Saint-Louis, Paris IVème; the name, Hôtel Lambert, was a sobriquet that designated a 19th-century political faction of Polish exiles, who gathered there.-Architectural history:The house...
.
Towards 1840 he laid down arms and was transferred to the south of France along with Adam Jerzy Czartoryski and other members of the Polish Legion, and he settled soon first in Pau and in Tarbes
Tarbes
Tarbes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.It is part of the historical region of Gascony. It is the second largest metropolitan area of Midi-Pyrénées, with 110,000 inhabitants....
(Hautes-Pyrénées
Hautes-Pyrénées
Hautes-Pyrénées is a department in southwestern France. It is part of the Midi-Pyrénées region.-History:...
), as a violin professor. An important community of minor Polish nobility settled then in that region. There, he married Marie Zelinne Larramat, a Huguenot
Huguenot
The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...
(28 October 1844), with whom he had three children: Maurice Mirecki (1845), Victor
Víctor Mirecki Larramat
Víctor Alexander Marie Mirecki Larramat was a Spanish cellist and music teacher of Franco-Polish origin. He was born in Tarbes, France and died in Madrid, Spain.-Introduction:...
(1847) and Françoise (1850). In 1857 Mirecki occupied the chair of violin in the Conservatory of Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne River in the Gironde department in southwestern France.The Bordeaux-Arcachon-Libourne metropolitan area, has a population of 1,010,000 and constitutes the sixth-largest urban area in France. It is the capital of the Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture...
, where he was transferred with his family and where they resided until his retirement.
A great friend of Adrien François Servais and Henri Vieuxtemps
Henri Vieuxtemps
Henri François Joseph Vieuxtemps was a Belgian composer and violinist. He occupies an important place in the history of the violin as a prominent exponent of the Franco-Belgian violin school during the mid-19th century....
, Mirecki initiated his two older children into the art of music. In 1881 he and his wife went to Madrid to reside with their son Victor, in which city the elder Mirecki died on 18 November 1882. He is buried in Madrid.