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  • Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your friends proverbe polonais : des amis vous protègent mieux qu'une clôture.

    Archive 2010-06-01 Rene Meertens 2010

  • "Pour le Vatican, je suis peut-être resté l'homme qui tenta d'assassiner le pape polonais, mais aujourd'hui j'ai changé, je suis un homme différent", affirme-t-il.

    Mehmet Ali Agca,Pope John Paul II's Would-Be Assassin, embraces the Catholic Faith! IMPORTANT INFO ADDED Suzanne 2009

  • I'm thinking polonais style, with an ivory taffeta underskirt.

    Archive 2005-02-01 Holly 2005

  • I'm thinking polonais style, with an ivory taffeta underskirt.

    and the sewing news... Holly 2005

  • Étude sur la Pologne du XVIe siècle et le Protestantisme polonais.

    The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910

  • I said "supposing the story to be true," because, although it has been reported that Chopin was fond of alluding to this incident, his best friends seem to know nothing of it: Liszt does not mention it, Hiller and Franchomme told me they never heard of it, and notwithstanding Karasowski's contrary statement there is nothing to be found about it in Sowinski's Musiciens polonais.

    Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888

  • Op. 13, "Grande Fantaisie sur des airs polonais," dedicated to Mr.J. P.

    Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888

  • This at least is the account we get of him in Sowinski's "Les Musiciens polonais et slaves."

    Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888

  • The Grande Fantaisie sur des airs polonais (A major) for the pianoforte and orchestra, Op. 13, dedicated to J. P.

    Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888

  • Chopin did homage to his distinguished countryman in introducing into his Grande Fantaisie sur des airs polonais, Op. 13, a theme of Kurpinski's.

    Frederic Chopin as a Man and Musician Niecks, Frederick 1888

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