Wladyslaw Krogulski (1843-1934)

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Władysław Józef Krogulski (born August 10, 1843 in Warsaw, died December 26, 1934 in Warsaw) - Polish actor, conductor, percussionist, composer, Warsaw theater chronicler, associated with Teatr Rozmaitości in Warsaw. The son of Michał Krogulski (1789-1859), Polish composer and Tekla of Węglewski, the half-brother of Józef Władysław (1815-1842), Polish composer and pianist.

Initial lessons were taken from his father. In 1859 he was employed as a solo artist in the Orchestra of the Grand Theater. From 1860 he attended the Drama School, where his professors and teachers were Jan Jasiński (1806-1879), Jan Chęciński (1826-1874), Józef Rychter and Jan Królikowski. In the years 1862-1868 he also studied at the Warsaw Music Institute under the direction of Stanisław Moniuszko and Karol August Freyer.

As an actor, he debuted in 1863. In 1911 he retired, but still, sporadically, he performed on the Warsaw stage until 1930. He played a total of about 700 roles appearing before the audience 9500 times. In his compositions he has left more than 30 religious and 300 salon pieces. He was also known as the chronicler of the Warsaw theaters. His memoirs, titled The Old Man's Notes, were published in fragments during the author's lifetime, and in a fuller work appeared in 2015. Władysław Józef Krogulski was married on June 14, 1876 in Warsaw with Wilhelmina Tekla Lewicka (1856-1933), an opera singer and later a singing teacher, and a daughter of Helena Julia (1878-1955), wife of actor Piotr Paweł Hryniewicz (1874-1932), and also the son of Robert Ludwig (1887-1949).

He was buried at the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw. Bibliography

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