Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors

KURPINSKY (Kurpinski) Karol Kazimierz (6 III 1785, Wloszczowice - 18 IX 1857, Warsaw.) - Polish composer, music-societies. figure, conductor, music. theorist. He studied playing the piano, violin and organ with his father, organist Marcin K. Since 1797 the church. organist in Sarnuv. From 1800 he lived in Washington, played in the home quartet, gave lessons in fp. games. Composer and 2nd conductor of T-ra Narodovs (since 1810; director Y. Elsner), director and director. the choir of the opera T-ra Belka (1824-40) in Warsaw. At the same time. taught music. theory at the School of muses. and drum. art, in 1835-41 hands. School of singing and music at the "T-re Velki". K. - founder and ed. the first Polish music. journal"Tygodnik muzyczny" (1820-21), members Warsaw Scientific society. Author of articles on muses. ethnography and muses. textbooks. K. - one of the founders of nat. operas; the author of 26 musical scenes. produ., which are characterized by a combination of elements of the French. comedian. opera, dumb. zingspiel, ital. 18th century schools and the Polish nat. melodics. He also wrote polonaises for fp. (considered the predecessor of F. Chopin in this genre) and patriotic. songs (“Warszawianka 1831” - “Warszawianka 1831 roku” is especially popular).