Wojciech Żywny is remembered in music for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Wojciech Żywny as Polish pianist, composer of Czech origin; Frédéric Chopin's piano teacher.
Wojciech Żywny was born at Mšeno in 1756. His recorded nationality is Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
The concert hall and the public audience were new in this period; music was beginning to be written for buyers rather than employers.
He worked as pianist, composer and music educator.
The instruments recorded are violin and piano.
His work is classed as classical music.
What survives in music is rarely what sold best at the time.
That the work came out of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Wojciech Żywny died in 1842, aged 86. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Instruments: violin and piano
- Genres: classical music
