Adam Wroński
(1850/51 ? 17 December 1915) violinist, conductor and composer, born in Kraków, died in Krynica. He was educated at the School of Singing and Music of the Instytut Techniczny (Technical Institute) in Kraków. He studied violin with I. Wójcikiewicz, wind instruments and music theory with Piotr Studziński and piano with Julius Blaschke. He continued education in Vienna.
Wroński started his conducting career during his military service directing an orchestra and playing as one of its violinists. He conducted the military orchestra even after he had completed his service. He was very energetic in his activities: he developed the orchestra and started cooperation with a theatre and with the Towarzystwo Muzyczne (Musical Society) in Kraków. He showcased his organisational skills when, inspired by Władysław Żeleński, he set up a new orchestra in Kraków. He subsequently conducted the orchestra of the Teatr Miejski (City Theatre) in Lwów (now Lviv in Ukraine) and the spa orchestra in Krynica, which he provided with a large body of works and which worked with distinguished artists from a variety of musical centres, including Berlin and Vienna. During his professional career, he was employed in various management and directorial positions: at the Stanisław Moniuszko Musical Society, where he took a lot of effort and time to set up an orchestra, a school of music of the Musical Society in Sambor and a school of the Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Muzyki ?Harmonia? (Friends of Music Society ?Harmony?). He also worked as a teacher throughout his lifetime, e.g. at the above-mentioned Stanisław Moniuszko Musical Society, and pursued a career of a violinist playing in chamber ensembles with such musicians as Józef Adamowski and Marcelina Czartoryska in Kraków.
Wroński?s creative output is predominantly comprised of piano and theatre works. The former are represented by dances, such as quadrilles, polonaises and waltzes, in addition to other miniatures, the latter by about 20 vaudevilles. He also composed overtures and orchestral fantasias, chamber pieces, songs with texts by Polish poets and piano transcriptions, albeit not very numerous. A large body of his works might be termed concert dance music.
Wroński was strongly inspired by Viennese music: he drew on the traditional form of Viennese waltz and used well-known titles of Austrian compositions. On account of these tendencies, and just like Leopold Lewandowski and Fabian Tymolski, he was often referred to as the 'Polish Strauss'
Source: Chmara-Żaczkiewicz Barbara, Wroński Adam, in: Encyklopedia muzyczna PWM, Dziębowska Elżbieta (ed.), vol. 12, Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, Kraków 2012, p. 271, selected and edited by Antoni Szymański.
Chamber works
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Compilation of Polish songs for violin and piano Download
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Cradle song for violin and piano Download
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Dumka and variations on a Kołomyjka theme for violin and piano, Op. 93 Download
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Elegia [Elegy] for violin and piano, Op. 134 Download
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Mazurka for violin and piano Buy
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Moje marzenia for violin and piano, op. 85 Download
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Obertas for violin and piano, Op. 92 Download
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Pożegnanie Krakowa, mazurka for violin and piano, Op. 91 Download
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Variations for violin and piano, Op. 181 Download
Piano works
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2 Marches of Polish falcons, Op. 141 Download
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3 Funeral marches ? "Cieniom A. Mickiewicza", Op. 109 Download
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Academic mazur, Op. 66 Download
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Adela, walce, op. 158 Download
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Artykuł 44ty, Op. 65 Download
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Bachelor galop, Op. 60 Download
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Bachelor mazur, Op. 119 Download
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Białe róże Download
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Białe storczyki, Op. 178 Download
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Bukiet niezapominajek, Op. 135 Download
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Bławatki z Olszy, Op. 64 Download
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Cecylia Download
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Celny strzał, Op. 106 Download
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Cieniom A. Asnyka, Op. 126 Download
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Cieniom T. Lenartowicza, Op. 124 Download
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Ciotunia, Op. 113 Download
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Contradances from Czartowska Ława Download
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Cracovian mazur Download
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Czarne oczka, op. 183 Download
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Diabeł Download
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Dla Warszawy, Op. 160 Download
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Do Hawełki, Op. 168 Download
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Do Miechowa! Download
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Do Poznania, Op. 222 Download
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Do Werbiąża, op. 136 Download
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Do Wrześniowskiego Download
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Do starej wsi, mazury, op. 169 Download
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Do Śniatyna kucykami, Op. 121
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Do Śniatyna kucykami, op. 121 Download
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Do Żukowa, Op. 147 Download
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Dumka and kołomyjka, Op. 71 Download
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Dziennikarski mazur ["Journalist" mazur], Op. 151 Download
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Echa balowe, Op. 100 Download
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Echa mego Jubileuszu, Op. 196, ca. 1905 Download
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Figlarka, Op. 50 Download
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Funeral march for Kraszewski Download
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Funeral march, Op. 124 Download
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Funeral march, Op. 126 Download
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Funeral march, Op. 214 Download
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Gody weselne, Op. 67 Download
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Godzimir Małachowski, Op. 174 Download
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Grajże grajku, graj, Op. 80 Download
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Górą Michaś, Op. 209 Download
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Górą Polska Prasa, Op. 221 Download
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Górą chirurgia!!!, Op. 187 Download
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Hałaburda, Op. 112 Download
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Hucułeczka, op. 84 Download
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Hunting march Download
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Hydropatyczny kadryl ["Hydropatyczny" quadrille], Op. 120 Download
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Ideały, op. 93 Download
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Irenka, Op. 156 Download
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Iskra, Op. 95 Download
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Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła Download
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Jubilee polonaise on the anniversary of Viennese succor, Op. 48 Download
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Jubilee waltzes 1848-1898, Op. 146 Download
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Kadryl z motywów sztuki ludowej Kościuszko pod Racławicami Download
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Kamelie, Op. 225 Download
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Kochajmy się! mazury Download
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Koniec świata, Op. 58 Download
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Konwalie, Op. 53 Download
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Krakowskie Zuchy, Mazury na fortepian, op. 179 Download
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Krakowskie zuchy, Op. 179, mazurkas
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Kwiaty, walce, op. 111 Download
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Les lanciers, Op. 177 Download
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Ludwik Heller, Op. 150 Download
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Lutnia polska, Op. 62 Download
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Lutnia polska, op. 157 Download
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Lwowianeczka, Op. 86 Download
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March of Polish legions, Op. 228 Download
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March of spa committee Op. 200 Download
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Marsz żałobny poświęcony cieniom Andrzeja Rydzowskiego Download
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Marya, Op. 72 Download
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Marzenia uśpionego chloroformem, Op. 186 Download
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Marzenia, Op. 52 Download
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Mazury from Zakopane Download
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Miecio, Op. 162 Download
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Minia, Op. 129 Download
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Miłe wspomnienia, Op. 144 Download
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Mravincsics march, Op. 172 Download
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Na dobitek Download
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Na falach Wisły, Op. 88 Download
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Na lodzie, Op. 56 Download
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Na ratunek Download
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Na rowerze, Op. 132 Download
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Na strzelnicy, Op. 224 Download
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Na wyżynku Download
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Nad Czeremoszem, Op. 103 Download
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Nad Morskiem Okiem, Op. 189 Download
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Nad Prutem, Op. 90 Download
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Nad strumykiem, Op. 210 Download
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Najnowsze telegramy, Op. 143 Download
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Natalia, Op. 154 Download
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Od Krakowa Download
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Olga, Op. 51 Download
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Original highland dances Download
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Pamiątka z Krynicy, Op. 108 Download
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Pensyonarka, Op. 59 Download
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Pieszczotka Download
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Pif, paf Download
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Piękna Ormianka, op. 105 Download
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Podkóweczki, dajcie ognia, Op. 128 Download
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Polish songs, Op. 57 Download
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Polne kwiaty, Op. 63 Download
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Polonaise on the centenary of the 3 May Constitution, Op. 110 Download
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Polonaise, Op. 142 Download
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Polonez z obrazu ludowego ?Król dziadów?, op. 70 Download
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Polskie zapusty, Op. 66, mazurkas for piano
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Polskie zapusty, op. 66, mazury na fortepian Download
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Pożegnanie, Op. 170 Download
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Quadrille from popular songs for piano, Op. 184 Download
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Quadrille, Op. 57 Download
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Rżnij Walenty, Op. 159 Download
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Sokół, galop, op. 68 Download
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Solemn march, Op. 79 Download
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Srebrne kłosy, walce, op. 69 Download
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Stefcia, Op. 118 Download
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Szarotki, Op. 140 Download
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Szaławiła, Op. 153 Download
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Szybko w lot, Op. 76 Download
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Taniec misia, Op. 226 Download
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Tuberozy, Op. 223 Download
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U źródła w Krynicy, Op. 75 Download
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W Domu Zdrojowym w Krynicy, Op. 104 Download
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W Nowym Teatrze, Op. 175 Download
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W Parku Krakowskim, Op. 78 Download
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W resursie, Op. 87 Download
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Walce dedykowane komitetowi Balu Akademików na rok 1879 Download
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Warszawianka, Op. 114 Download
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Wedding march Download
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Weselne dźwięki Download
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Wieniec laurowy, Op. 55 Download
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Wiązanka pieśni polskich, op. 227 Download
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Wspomnienia z Karpat Download
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Wspomnienia z Kołomyi, dumka i 3 kołomyjki na fortepian, op. 152 Download
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Wspomnienia z Pesztu, Op. 73 Download
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Wspomnienie balowe Download
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Wspomnienie z Krynicy Download
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Wszystkie pary, mazury na fortepian, op. 94 Download
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Wśród bomb i granatów Download
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Z mego pamiętnika, Op. 130 Download
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Z nad Wilii, Op. 117 Download
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Z nad Wisły, Op. 192 ? 193 Download
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Z wystawy krakowskiej, Op. 81 Download
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Z wystawy lwowskiej, Op. 127 Download
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Zofia Download
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Zuch Stach, Op. 182 Download
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Złote sny Download
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o Krynicy, Op. 193 Download
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Ślubny wieniec, walce na fortepian, op. 167 Download
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Żelazowski, Op. 161 Download
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Żółte róże, Op. 180 Download
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