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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: Polish pianist who in 1919 served as the first Prime Minister of independent Poland (1860-1941) [syn: Paderewski, Ignace Paderewski, Ignace Jan Paderewski]

Merriam Webster's

biographical name Ignacy Jan 1860-1941 Polish pianist, composer, & statesman

Britannica Concise

Polish pianist, composer, and statesman. After teaching at the Warsaw Conservatory (1878-83), a period when he wrote most of the pieces he is remembered for (incl. the famous Minuet in G), he studied with T. Leschetizky in Vienna from 1884. His U.S. debut at Carnegie Hall (1891) was followed by a 117-concert N. Amer. tour, during which his pianism and dashingly Romantic image brought him a wild popularity. During World War I he worked for Polish independence; in 1919 he served briefly as the first premier of the new state, representing it at the Paris Peace Conference.