Ignacy Jan Paderewski Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Ignacy Jan Paderewski, GBE (Polish: [iɡˈnat͡sɨ ˈjan padɛˈrɛfskʲi]; 18 November [O.S. 6 November] 1860 – 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist and composer, politician, and spokesman for Polish independence. He was a favorite of concert audiences around the globe. His musical fame opened access to diplomats and the media. He was the prime minister and foreign minister of Poland in 1919, and represented Poland at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.
He died of pneumonia in the Buckingham Hotel, in Manhattan (New York City, NY).
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He had a son, Alfred (born October 9, 1880; died in 1901), with his first wife, Antonina.
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He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6284 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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Considered by many to have been one of the greatest pianists who has ever lived. The term "another Paderewski" has come to mean a great pianist.
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Although his remains were re interred in Poland in 1992, his heart is encased in a bronze sculpture in the Shrine of the Czestochowa in Doylestown, Pennsylvania (whose residents are predominantly of Polish heritage). Following Paderewski's wishes, his heart will be interred forever in the United States.
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Pictured on a set of 2 US postage stamps (4¢, 8¢) in the Champions of Liberty series.
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Prime Minister of Poland in 1919.
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Was originally buried in Arlington National Cementary, but, in 1992, he was reburied in St. John the Baptist Cathedral, Warsaw, Poland in a newly freed Poland.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Higher and Higher
1943
"Minuet in Boogie" 1943 / writer: "Minuet in G, Op.14, No.1" 1887
Variety Jubilee
1943
music: "Minuet In G, Op.14, No.1" - uncredited
Birth of the Blues
1941
music: "Minuet in G" - uncredited
Moonlight Sonata
1937
performer: "Heroic Polonaise", "Hungarian Rhapsody", "Moonlight", "Minuet in G" / writer: "Minuet in G"
$15 Million
