Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz
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Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz was a Polish music editor and publisher, composer and virtuoso guitarist
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He has been called "the Chopin of guitar". Most of his guitar pieces are in the form of themes and variations.
He worked as an editor
for the music-publishing firm of Breitkopf & Härtel
. Later he ran his own publishing business. He was responsible for probably hundreds of titles, published mainly in Polish.
Classical guitar
The classical guitar is a 6-stringed plucked string instrument from the family of instruments called chordophones...
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He has been called "the Chopin of guitar". Most of his guitar pieces are in the form of themes and variations.
He worked as an editor
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
for the music-publishing firm of Breitkopf & Härtel
Breitkopf & Härtel
Breitkopf & Härtel is the world's oldest music publishing house. The firm was founded in 1719 in Leipzig by Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf . The catalogue currently contains over 1000 composers, 8000 works and 15,000 music editions or books on music. The name "Härtel" was added when Gottfried...
. Later he ran his own publishing business. He was responsible for probably hundreds of titles, published mainly in Polish.
Selected works
- Variations on ‘La ci darem la mano’ from W. A. Mozart’s ‘Don giovanni’ op. 6;
- Variations on Ukrainian Song op. 7;
- Variations on An Original Theme op. 10;
- Introduction, Variations and Polonaise on a Tyrolese Theme op. 13;
- Variations on the Cavatine From ‘Zelmira’ by Gioacchino Rossini op. 16;
- Variations on a Favourite Waltz op. 18;
- Introduction and Variations on Polish Song “Ja ciebie nie zapomne” op. 20;
- Variations de Bravoure on ‘Oh! cara memoria’ by M. Caraffa op. 28