Karol Mikuli

Karol Mikuli
Portrait of Karol Mikuli
Portrait of Karol Mikuli
Background information
Born(1821-10-22)22 October 1821
Czernowitz, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austrian Empire
OriginArmenian, Romanian
Died21 May 1897(1897-05-21) (aged 77)
Lemberg, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary
Occupationspianist, composer, conductor and teacher

Karol Mikuli, also known as Charles Mikuli (Armenian: Կարոլ Միկուլի or Կարոլ Պստիկյան; 22 October 1821 – 21 May 1897), was a Polish pianist, composer, conductor and teacher. His students included Moriz Rosenthal, Raoul Koczalski, Aleksander Michałowski, Ciprian Porumbescu, Jaroslaw Zieliński, Kornelia Parnas and Heinrich Schenker.

Biographical notes

Mikuli (birth surname Bsdikian) was born on October 22, 1821, in Czernowitz, then part of the Austrian Empire (today Chernivtsi, Ukraine) to a Romanianized Moldavian-Armenian family. He studied under Frédéric Chopin for piano (later becoming his teaching assistant) and Anton Reicha for composition. He toured widely as a concert pianist, becoming Director of the Lviv Conservatory in 1858. He founded his own school there in 1888. He died in Lemberg, then part of Austrian Galicia (today Lviv, Ukraine) and is buried in Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv.

Editions

Mikuli is most well known as an editor of works by Chopin. Dover Publications publishes reprints of his 1879 editions of Chopin's piano music, originally published by F. Kistner (Leipzig). He used several verified sources, most of which were written or corrected by Chopin himself. His editions of Chopin's works were first published in America in 1895.[citation needed]

Mikuli also took detailed notes of Chopin's comments made in lessons and interviewed witnesses of Chopin's performances. For many years he was regarded as the primary authority on Chopin and his remarks about Chopin's playing were often quoted by biographers.[citation needed]

Compositions

Mikuli's grave in Lychakiv cemetery, Lviv, Ukraine.
Orchestral
Chamber music
Piano
Vocal
Choral

Recordings

References

  1. ↑ "Discipolul lui Chopin şi profesorul lui Ciprian Porumbescu | Libertatea Cuvântului (Cernăuți)". 20 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Compozitorul de origine armeană, Carol Miculi, culegea folclor românesc de la huţulii din Carpații Bucovinei | Curentul International". 16 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "The famous pianist Carol Miculi. Impressions from a musical event as part of the festival Mandyczewski Fest" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-12-11.
  4. ↑ The Cambridge history of Western music theory. p. 813.
  5. ↑ «Կրթության ասպարեզ» հասարակական կազմակերպություն - Հայը և հայկականը - Շոպենի ասիստենտը եղել է հայազգի Կարլ Միկուլինը (Պստիկյան):[dead link]
  6. ↑ New arguments about Karol Mikuli's birthday from church book of October 1821 (photo).
  7. ↑ "The famous pianist Carol Miculi. Impressions from a musical event as part of the festival Mandyczewski Fest" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-12-11.
  8. ↑ Mikuli, Karl (Karol) The Gale Group, Inc.
  9. ↑ Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 5th ed, 1954
  10. ↑ Chopin, Frédéric. Mikuli, Carl (Editor). Complete Ballades, Impromptus and Sonatas Dover Publications (1 September 1981) ISBN 0-486-24164-5