Wokół narodzin Apolinarego Kątskiego – nowe źródła
Concerning Apolinary Kątski’s date of birth – new sources

Summary/Abstract: It is frequently difficult to establish the date and place of birth of artists from the past. In the case of Apolinary Kątski – a 19th-century Polish virtuoso violinist, pupil of Niccolo Paganini and founder-director of the Warsaw Music Institute – his birth date has also remained unknown until recently. For many years, several possible dates and places were quoted in the literature of the subject. Researchers pointed to three cities in the territory of Poland under the Partitions: Cracow, Poznań or Warsaw, while the date was given variously as 26 June 1825 / 1826, 2 July 1825 / 1826 or 23 October 1825 / 1826. These claims were not supported by any sources from the period. The present paper presents the story of the eventually successful search for Apolinary Kątski’s birth certificate.

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