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| Composer : | Paderewski, Ignacy Jan (1860 - 1941) | ||
| Instrumentation : | Flute solo | ||
| 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. A member of the woodwind family, the flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument. This class of instruments produce sound from the flow of air across an opening. A musician who plays the flute can be referred to as a flute player, a flautist, a flutist or less commonly a fluter. The earliest printed use of the word flute in the Engish language was in Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Hous of Fame", ca. 1384. Aside from the voice, archeology tells us that the flute is the earliest musical instrument. A number of such instruments have found in the Swabian Alb region of Germany, some dating as far back as 35,000 - 43,000 years ago. | |||
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