Henri Kowalski (April 1, 1841, in Paris, France – July 8, 1916, in Bordeaux, France)Slonimsky, Nicolas. “Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, 8th Edition”, 1993 was a French pianist and composer.Murphy, Kerry (2017). "Henri Kowalski (1841–1916): A French Musician in Colonial Australia". Australian Historical Studies, 48(3): 346–362. Born in Paris to a French mother and Polish father, Kowalski studied piano at the Paris Conservatoire with Michele Carafa and Samuel David;Slonimsky although he was asked to leave in 1860 for failure to attend regularly.Murphy 2017, 350. His work includes the opera Gilles de Bretagne (1877).Murphy 2017, 351. A regular traveller, he lived in Australia from 1885 to 1896.Murphy 2017, 354. He published in 1872 his impressions of his travels in the United States, which includes a list of his musical compositions.
Works Nuit Australienne Belles of Melbourne
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Further reading "Kowalski, Henri (1841–1916)". National Library of Australia.