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Ignacy Paderewski
1860-1941
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Ignacy Paderewski was known by
the world as a composer and virtuoso pianist. With the advent of
World War I, he turned to new careers: orator, diplomat, statesman,
constantly working for Polish independence. Throughout
his life Paderewski was a staunch patriot. In 1910 he presented to
the city of Krakow a monument commemorating the victory of the
Poles over the Teutonic
Order. During World War I he became a member of the Polish National
Committee and was appointed its representative to the United States,
where he urged President Woodrow Wilson to support the cause of
Polish independence. Wilson included Poland's cause as the
thirteenth of his Fourteen Points of Jan. 8, 1918.
After helping Poland's rebirth
through the Treaty of Versailles he returned to Warsaw
to form a coalition government. After 1939 he once again raised his
voice (first from France, then from the U.S.) in a call for Poland's
liberty.
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- Ignacy
Jan Paderewski: Polish Pianist & Patriot,
by Lisandrelli, Elaine S.
- Paderewski:
The Story of a Modern Immortal, by Phillips, Charles J.
- Paderewski
As I Knew Him: From the Diary of AnielaStrakacz,
by Strakacz, Aniela
- Ignace
Paderewski: Musician & Statesman, by Landau, Rom
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- Manru, 1901
- Symphony in B Minor,
1909
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