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There are little information to find about Jadwiga Sarnecka. She was either born in 1877 in Slawuta in Volhynia or in 1883 in Szarogród in Podolia, and died on the 29th December 1913 in Kraków. Tuberculosis, which she fought throughout her life, cut her off in her prime. She was buried at Rakowicki cemetery; however, her grave has been lost. She received a thorough musical education as a student of such masters as Aleksander Michalowski and Teodor Leszetycki. She earned her name as an excellent pianist but first and foremost, she was and wanted to be a composer. The works she wrote could not be appreciated in her lifetime. They were different and therefore met with a barrage of harsh criticism, described as weird, depressive, half-dilettantish, and chaotic in content and form. But Sarnecka continued writing. She printed her music at her own expense and finally fortune smiled on her and her talent was noticed.
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