Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska
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Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834 -September 29, 1861) was a Polish composer. Her birth date is unclear; there are also references to her being born in 1838.
By far her most famous composition is the piece Modlitwa dziewicy Op. 4 (A Maiden's Prayer), which was published in 1856 in Warsaw, and then as a supplement to the Paris Revue et Gazette Musicale in 1859.
Possibly one of the biggest selling pieces of piano music of all time, the piece, which is still recorded, is a medium difficulty short piano piece for intermediate pianists. Some have liked it for its charming and romantic melody: others have described it as "sentimental salon tosh". Arthur Loesser described it as ‘this dowdy product of ineptitude’.
The English language lyrics were written by John Stowell Adams.
[edit] External references
- Tekla Bądarzewska was listed in the International Music Score Library Project
- Hyperion Records: The Maiden's Prayer.
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