Wawrzyniec Żuławski

Wawrzyniec Jerzy Żuławski (14 February 1916 in Zakopane – 18 August 1957 in the Alps), also known as Wawa, was a Polish alpinist, educator, composer, music critic, and musicologist. He was a professor of Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Muzyczna in Warsaw. Żuławski was an initiator and organiser of Polish alpinism.^[1] During World War II he was a member of Armia Krajowa and was a soldier during the Warsaw Uprising.

Żuławski published music reviews in Ruch Muzyczny, Express Wieczorny, Nowa Kultura. He also composed orchestral, chamber, piano and vocal pieces.

He was one of the leading Polish alpinists.^[2] He died on Mont Blanc during a rescue action in 1957.

Notable works

Compositions

Cztery kolędy polskie, orchestral compositions, 1947
Wierchowe nuty, vocal compositions for choir and violin solo, 1955

Books

Żuławski was an author of several mountain related books:

Niebieski krzyż, 1946
Sygnały ze skalnych ścian, 1954
Tragedie tatrzańskie, 1956
Skalne lato, 1957

Family tree

Żuławski family tree

Sławomir Żuławski

Jerzy Żuławski
(1874–1915)

Kazimiera
z Hanickich

Czesława

Mirosław Żuławski
(1913–1995)

Marek Żuławski
(1908–1985)

Juliusz Żuławski
(1910–1999)

Wawrzyniec Żuławski
(1916–1957)

Andrzej Żuławski
(1940-2016)

Małgorzata Braunek
(1947–2014)

Xawery Żuławski
(born 1971)

Maria Strzelecka
(born 1975)

Kaj Żuławski
(born 2002)

Jagna Żuławska
(born 2009)

Notes

Family tree of the Żuławski family

Notes

↑ "Żuławski Wawrzyniec Jerzy". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN. Retrieved 2007-03-05.
↑ "Żuławski Wawrzyniec Jerzy". WIEM Encyklopedia. Retrieved 2007-03-05.

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