Kantorzysta: Polka na fortepiano, op. 68

Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld

ca. 1870

Page of Polish text with central figure in hat and moustache. — This sheet music is for a humorous song in the style of a polka, an example of the popular music that Warsaw composer Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld was famous for.

This sheet music is for a humorous song in the style of a polka, an example of the popular music that Warsaw composer Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld was famous for.

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Courtesy Warsaw Public Library.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 6.

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Creator Bio

Born in Breslau, Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld studied music in Germany before settling permanently in Warsaw in 1857. Sonnenfeld composed music for popular theaters and dance halls in Warsaw, and in 1867, he formed the Warsaw Orchestra, which toured the region performing popular music. In addition to his significant body of popular music, he composed five operas, six operettas, and the ballet Pan Twardowski (1874).

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