Background
Of noble birth, he was born the son of a surveyor and forester, in Łazy, near Siedlce, Poland.
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Henryk Pachulski
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Education
He studied at the Warsaw Institute of Music under Stanisław Moniuszko and Władysław Żeleński, then at the Moscow Conservatory from 1880, studying with Alexander Michalowski, Pavel Pabst, Nikolai Rubinstein, and Anton Arensky.
Career
From 1886 to 1917 he was professor of piano at the conservatory. He never returned to his native country. Pachulski wrote a Suite for orchestra, a Méditation for string orchestra, a Polish Fantasy for piano and orchestra, works for cello, piano (preludes, études, two sonatas, polonaises, mazurkas, waltzes), and numerous songs, as well as many four-handed piano transcriptions of Tchaikovsky"s orchestral music
His Piano Sonata Number.
1 in C minor, Operation 19, was dedicated to Arensky, and his Piano Sonata Number. 2 in F major, Op, 27, to Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Some of his works have been recorded by Lubow Nawrocka (Henry Pachulski – Piano Works, Acte Préalable, Warsaw 2008, AP0187)
He is the prime suspect in the breakdown of the relationship between Tchaikovsky and his patroness.
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Nationality
Poland