Maria Szymanowska, Polish composer and pianist (died 1831)

Maria Szymanowska

Polish composer and pianist (1789–1831)

Maria Szymanowska was a Polish composer and one of the first professional virtuoso pianists of the 19th century. She toured extensively throughout Europe, especially in the 1820s, before settling permanently in St. Petersburg. In the Russian imperial capital, she composed for…