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Michał Kleofas Ogiński
Michał Kleofas Ogiński
Polish composer, diplomat and politician (1765-1833)
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Karol Szymanowski
Karol Szymanowski
Polish composer
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Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki
Polish composer and conductor
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Marcin Masecki
Marcin Masecki
Polish musician
Stanisław Moniuszko
Polish composer

Stanisław Moniuszko

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Polish composer
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Stanisław Moniuszko (Polish pronunciation: [stãˈɲiswaf mɔ̃ˈɲuʃkɔ]; May 5, 1819, Ubiel, Minsk Governorate – June 4, 1872, Warsaw, Congress Poland) was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. He wrote many popular art songs and operas, and his music is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (predominantly the Poles, Lithuanians and Belarusians). Since the 1990s Stanisław Moniuszko is being recognized in Belarus as an important figure of Belarusian culture. Moniuszko's operas are regularly performed at the Belarusian National Opera. There is a Museum of Stanisław Moniuszko.

Bronze bust of Stanisław Moniuszko by Gennadij Jerszow, at the Music Academy in Gdansk.

He is generally referred to as "the father of Polish national opera".