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Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski was a Polish pianist, composer and statesman who was a spokesman for Polish independence. In 1919, he was the nation's prime minister and foreign minister during which time he signed the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I. A favorite of concert audiences around the world, his musical fame gave him access to diplomacy and the media, as well as, possibly, his status as a freemason, and the charitable work of his second wife, Helena Paderewska. During World War I, Paderewski advocated for an independent Poland, including by touring the United States, where he met President Woodrow Wilson, who came to support the creation of an independent Poland. Wilson included that aim in his Fourteen Points and argued for it at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, which drew up the Treaty of Versailles. Shortly after his resignation from office, Paderewski resumed his concert career to recoup his finances, and rarely visited the politically chaotic Poland thereafter, the last time being in 1924. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacy_Jan_Paderewski) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
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Night Music 2022
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A Window in Time: Rachmaninoff Performs Works of Other Composers (Realized by Wayne Stahnke) 1999
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Moszkowski & Paderewski: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 1) 1991
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The Maiden's Prayer: Piano Music from the 19th-Century Salon 2003
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Stephen Hough's New Piano Album: Encores by Schubert, Chaminade, Tchaikovsky, Richard Rodgers, Hough etc. 1999
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Paderewski: Piano Sonata & Variations 2007
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Paderewski: Symphony in B Minor "Polonia" 1998
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Chopin, Étude in A♭ major, Op. 25, No. 1, 'Aeolian Harp' | Horowitz Music and Scores • 5.7K views
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Chopin, Étude in E minor, Op. 25 No. 5, 'Wrong Note' | Horowitz Music and Scores • 7.3K views
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Paderewski / Alicia de Larrocha, 1964: Minuet in G major, Op. 14, No. 1 davidhertzberg • 7.1K views
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Paderewski - Chopin : Waltz in c-sharp minor op.64 -2 (1917) uchukyoku1 • 981 views
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Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Minuet in G, Op. 14, No. 1 MrPoloniaMusic • 3.2K views
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Ignacy Jan Paderewski – „Krakowiak fantastyczny op. 14 nr 6” | “Cracovienne fantastique Op. 14 no.6” PWM Edition • 4.7K views
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