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Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska
Polish composer
Tekla Bądarzewska | |
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Cover of the "Maiden's Prayer" by Tekla Bądarzewska | |
| Born | 1829/1834 Mława, Russian Empire |
| Died | 29 September 1861 (aged 27 or 32) Warsaw, Russian Empire |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Occupation(s) | composer, pianist |
| Known for | A Maiden's Prayer |
Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, also known as Tekla Bądarzewska (Polish pronunciation: [ˈtɛkla bɔndaˈʐɛfska]; 1829/1834 – 29 September 1861) was a Polish composer and pianist.
She composed mainly for the piano and is internationally known for her composition A Maiden's Prayer.
Badarzewska biography
Life and death
Bądarzewska was born in 1829 in Mława[1] or 1834 in Warsaw[2] to Andrzej Bądarzewski and Tekla Bądarzewska (Chrzanowska). Andrzej Bądarzewski was a successful police commissioner, and moved his family to Warsaw in 1835.
Tekla married Jan Baranowski and they had five children in their nine years of marriage.[3] Bą