Kazimierz Sikorski was a Polish

Poland

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 composer

Composer

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Biography

Sikorski studied in Warsaw, first music at the Warsaw Conservatory and then philosophy at the University of Warsaw

University of Warsaw

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. He then studied in Lwów, which was Polish at the time, and Paris

Paris

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. In 1926, he became a teacher of composition at the Conservatory of Poznań

Poznan

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. From 1927 to 1945, he taught at the Warsaw Conservatory. He was rector of the State Higher School of Music in Łódź. From 1951 to 1966, he taught music theory

Music theory

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 and composition

Musical composition

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 at the Music Academy Warsaw

Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy

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. During this time, he was president of the Polish Composers' Union. He is the father of the composer, Tomasz Sikorski

Tomasz Sikorski

Tomasz Sikorski was a Polish composer and pianist.-His life:The son of the composer Kazimierz Sikorski, he was born, and eventually died, in Warsaw. He was a pupil at the Warsaw conservatory where his father taught, and was also a pupil of Zbigniew Drzewiecki there...

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Composition

Sikorski composed four symphonies

Symphony

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, a symphonic allegro, two overture

Overture

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s (1945, 1954), some instrumental concertos, of which the clarinet concerto (1947) is the most important, a string sextet, three string quartets, choral and film music, including the music for the film Warsaw Premiere (Polish

Polish language

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: Warszawska premiera), for which he won a State Award.

Further reading

• Jarocinski, Stefan. 1965. "Polish Music after World War II". The Musical Quarterly 51, no. 1 (January): 244–58.
• Thomas, Adrian. 2001. "Sikorski, Kazimierz". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan.
• Thomas, Adrian. 2005. Polish Music since Szymanowski. Cambridge & New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521582849