Among many protege's of the 20th Century's greatest musical mentor, Nadia Boulanger, Polish GraÃ... ¼yna Bacewicz stands out as multi-talented and inventive. She was best known as virtuoso violinist, retiring after WW II to devote full time to composition. In her later years, she wrote a novel and short stories.
Listen to the Overture for Orchestra of GraÃ... ¼yna Bacewicz, born this day in 1909.