BADARZEWSKA-BARANOWSKA, Tekla
(1834–1861)> PIANIST · COMPOSER
BADARZEWSKA-BARANOWSKA, Tekla Polish pianist and composer. Warsaw, 1834; Warsaw, September 29, 1861. She was known to her small circle as a good pianist and good luck brought her fame, at the age of 22, as the composer of La Prière d’une vierge. In 1859 it appeared as a supplement to the Revue et Gazette Musicale, Paris and immediately became the world’s best seller, with over 140 editions and reprints, covering hundreds of thousands of copies all over Europe, the United States and Australia…