Stojowski, Zygmunt. (1870-1946). "Chant d'amour" - Autograph Musical Quotation. Rare autograph musical quotation from the important Polish pianist and composer, who has penned the first two measures of the theme from his Chant d'amour (op. 26, no. 3). Signed and dated May 10, 1931. On a small piece of cardboard, with one large loss to the upper right corner, some light smudging and soiling; overall in very good condition. 6.5 x 3.5 inches (16.4 x 8.8 cm).
After debuting in Kraków as a seventeen-year-old student, Stojowski moved to Paris and studied piano with Louis Diémer and composition with Léo Delibes. Two years later at the Paris Conservatoire, he would win first prizes in piano performance, counterpoint and fugue. In October 1905, Stojowski sailed on the SS Moltke to the USA on the invitation of Frank Damrosch, founder and director of the newly formed Institute of Musical Art, to head the institute's piano department; he was recommended for the position by pianist Harold Bauer and cellist Pablo Casals. New York became his home for the rest of his life. In New York, he was acclaimed as a great composer, pianist and pedagogue, and had the distinction of being the first Polish composer to have an entire concert devoted to his music performed by the New York Philharmonic.
Stojowski, Zygmunt. (1870-1946). "Chant d'amour" - Autograph Musical Quotation. Rare autograph musical quotation from the important Polish pianist and composer, who has penned the first two measures of the theme from his Chant d'amour (op. 26, no. 3). Signed and dated May 10, 1931. On a small piece of cardboard, with one large loss to the upper right corner, some light smudging and soiling; overall in very good condition. 6.5 x 3.5 inches (16.4 x 8.8 cm).
After debuting in Kraków as a seventeen-year-old student, Stojowski moved to Paris and studied piano with Louis Diémer and composition with Léo Delibes. Two years later at the Paris Conservatoire, he would win first prizes in piano performance, counterpoint and fugue. In October 1905, Stojowski sailed on the SS Moltke to the USA on the invitation of Frank Damrosch, founder and director of the newly formed Institute of Musical Art, to head the institute's piano department; he was recommended for the position by pianist Harold Bauer and cellist Pablo Casals. New York became his home for the rest of his life. In New York, he was acclaimed as a great composer, pianist and pedagogue, and had the distinction of being the first Polish composer to have an entire concert devoted to his music performed by the New York Philharmonic.