Anna Maria Klechniowska was a Polish

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 music educator and composer. She was born in Borowka, Ukraine

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, and studied at the Warsaw

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 and Lemberg (Lviv

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) Conservatories, and then in Leipzig

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 and Paris

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. She graduated from the Vienna

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 Academy in 1917, after studying with Lech Jaczynowski, Gustaw Roguski, Mieczyslaw Soltys, Joseph Pembauer, Stanisław Niewiadomski, Christoph Krehl

Christoph Krehl

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, Klara Czop-Umlauf, Franz Schmidt

Franz Schmidt

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 and Nadia Boulanger

Nadia Boulanger

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. After completing her studies, she worked as a teacher and arts administrator. She died in Warsaw.

Works

Klechniowska was known for piano works for young children and vocal compositions. Selected works include:

• A Wedding Overture, for orchestra (1955)
• The Seasons of the Year, symphonic suite (1953)
• The Royal Castle in Cracow, symophonic poem
• Phantasma, ballet-pantomime in 6 scenes, (1964)