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Gablerzy Jerzy

Musician, conductor, composer, born in Kraków in 1888, died in a plane crash near Piaseczno. A graduate of the Sobieski Gymnasium, he graduated in law at the Jagiellonian University and in medicine under the supervision of Żeleński and Nowowiejski. His whole family was very musical, he himself played the organ, piano, cello, and flute. Initially, he worked for his father in the mustard and vinegar factory, and after his father’s death, he devoted himself to music. He composed an opera based on L. Rydel’s “Enchanted Wheel”. , His creative output includes two symphonies, 10 poems, symphonic works, piano concertos, sonatas, and about 70 songs for voice and piano. In the interwar years, his works were popular. There is a commemorative plaque on the facade of the house in which he lived.

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