Krystyna Kobylańska

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Krystyna Kobylańska (6 August 1925 in Brześć, Poland – 30 January 2009 in Milanówek, Poland [1] ) was a Polish musicologist, and former curator of the Fryderyk Chopin Society Museum in Warsaw.

In 1977 (revised and translated to German in 1979), she authored Frédéric Chopin: Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis (known as Kobylańska Katalog or KK), a complete and definitive thematic catalogue of all the musical works by Frédéric Chopin. [2]

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References

  1. Chopina, Narodowy Instytut Fryderyka. "Fryderyk Chopin - Centrum Informacji - Krystyna Kobylańska - Biogram". pl.chopin.nifc.pl. Archived from the original on 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
  2. L. Michael Griffel (June 1981). "Review: Reviewed Work: Frédéric Chopin: Thematisch-bibliographisches Werkverzeichnis by Krystyna Kobylańska". Notes. Second Series. 37 (4): 847–849. doi:10.2307/940037. JSTOR   940037.