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| Composer : | Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (1860 - 1941) | ||
| Instrumentation : | Recorder | ||
| Style : | Classical | ||
| Arranger : | Lewis, Alastair (1974 - ) | ||
| Publisher : | Lewis, Alastair | ||
| Copyright : | Copyright © 2011 Alastair Lewis | ||
| Added by alastair-lewis, 21 Sep 2011 Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860–1941) was born in Poland. He was a famous pianist, composer and politician. He had an interest in music from a young age and started piano lessons with a private tutor. In 1872 at the age of 12 years, he travelled to the capital city of Poland, Warsaw, where he was accepted into the Warsaw Conservatorium. He graduated in 1878 whereupon he was offered work as a tutor of piano at his alma mater. His later succeeded in a career of international concertizing in which he dazzled audiences with his piano prowess. He had an interest in politics throughout his life, and served as prime minister and foreign minister of Poland in 1919. The recorder is a woodwind instrument and member of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes. The fipple or block is a wooden plug found at the mouth of the instrument. This plug constricts the air as the player blows into the end of the instrument. There are holes for seven fingers, with the lower one or two often doubled to facilitate the production of semi-tones. There is also a hole for the thumb of the uppermost hand. | |||
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