Stanisław Moniuszko
Stanisław Moniuszko (; May 5, 1819 – June 4, 1872) 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 (mainly Poles, Lithuanians and Belarusians). He is generally referred to as "the father of
Polish national opera". Since the 1990s Stanisław Moniuszko is being recognized in
Belarus as an important figure to Belarusian culture as well.
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