Artist Info: Philipp Scharwenka

Ludwig Philipp Scharwenka (February 16, 1847, Samter, near Posen – July 16, 1917, Bad Nauheim) was a Polish-German composer and teacher of music. He was the older brother of Xaver Scharwenka.

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1 Early training
2 Compositions
3 Conservatory Director
4 Other
5 Notes
6 External links



[edit] Early training
He was born in Szamotuły (Samter), Province of Posen. Like his younger brother Xaver he received his first intermittent musical instruction in Posen. [read more...]