Count Władysław Tarnowski (June 4, 1836, Wróblewice, administrative district of Drohobycz, in the modern day UkraineApril 19, 1878, near San Francisco while on a steamer from Japan; also known by the literary pseudonym Ernest Buława (Ernest Mace)) was a pianist

Pianist

A pianist is a musician who plays the piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces, play with an ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers, solo instrumentalists, or other performers.-Choice of genres:...

, composer

Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...

, poet

Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...

, dramatist, and translator.

Biography

He was the son of Count Walerian Tarnowski. Recognized as talented at an early age, he was introduced to famed composer Frederic Chopin

Frédéric Chopin

Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....

. He studied in Lvov and Cracow, at D. Auber in the Paris conservatory, with a break during the time of the January Uprising

January Uprising

The January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire...

 of 1863-1864, during which he wrote the song "Jak to na wojence ładnie" which remains popular to the modern day, in various alterations. He gave concerns in Wroclaw

Wroclaw

Wrocław , situated on the River Oder , is the main city of southwestern Poland.Wrocław was the historical capital of Silesia and is today the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. Over the centuries, the city has been part of either Poland, Bohemia, Austria, Prussia, or Germany, but since 1945...

in 1860 and 1875, Lvov in 1875, Vienna, Venice and Firence in 1872, Paris 1873, and traveled widely.

Intimate

• String quartet in D major
• Fantasia quasi una sonata (on violins and piano)
• Souvenir d'un ange (on violins and piano) (Vienna about 1876, publ. V. Kratochwill)

Piano

• 3 Mazurkas (3 Mazurkas, Vienna about 1870, publ. Bösendorfer)
• 2 pieces : Chart sans paroles, Valse - poeme(both Leipzig about 1870, publ. Ch. F Kahut)
• Impromptu "L'adieu de l'artiste” (Vienna about 1870, publ. J. Gutmann)
• Sonata and son ami Zawadzki (Vienna okolo 1875, publ. V. Kratochwill)
• Grande polonaise quasi rhapsodies symphonique (Vienna about 1875, publ. J. Gutmann)
• Extases au Bosphor, fantasie rhapsodies sur les melodies orientales op. 10 (Leipzig okolo 1875, publ. Forberg)
• Nocturne dédié à sa soeur Marie (Viena, n.d.)

Songs

Solo:

• Uhlans march, called also Soldiers song, March soldier's Langiewicza with initial words: "A kto chce rozkoszy użyć”, and today more well-known with words "Jak to na wojence ładnie” (first publications: „Kieszonkowy słowniczek polski z melodiami” Poznan 1889, publ. J. Leitgebera and " War song” Lwow 1908, publ. B. Połoniecki, suitably).

With piano accompaniment:

• Cypryssen 5 characterische Gesänge (Vienna 1870, publ. Bösendorfera)
• Neig, o Schöne Knospe
• Du bang myth Siegen Siegeln
• Ob. Du Nun ruhst. (both Vienna about 1870, publ.. V. Kratochwill)
• Zwei Gresänhe:
• Still klingt das Glöcklein durch Felder (Vienna about 1875, publ. J. Gutmann)

Stage

• Achmed the oder the Pilger the Liebe (Achmed, pielgrzym milości , to own libretto. the piano extract, Leipzig was Published was about 1875, publ. the R. Forberg)
• Joanna Grey (music to own theatrical art, Vienna 1875, publ. V. Kratochwill)

The patron of the art, poems, the articles, reviews of literary works(ex. in „Ruch literacki” and „Tygodnik ilustrowany”).

Poetry

• Krople czary 1865
• Szkice helweckie i Talia 1868 (Leipzig, publ. P. Rhode)
• Piołuny 1869
• Kochankowie ojczyzny 1872

Dramas

• Karlińscy 1874
• Joanna Grey 1875
• The Achmed the oder the Pilger the Liebe - libretto in German.

Documentary

• Archiwum Wróblewieckie (Lvov 1883, publ. Gubrynowicz and Schmidt; Poznan - Dresden 1869, publ. J. I. Kraszewski)

Translations

• The Osjan Song,
• Hamlet W. Shakespeare'a
• Works P.B. Shelley
• Works H. Haine
• P. Cornelius: Grundzüge der Geschichte der Musik, well-known with translated title: Zarys historii muzyki (Leipzig 1869).