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Andrzej Koszewski

Composer, musicologist, and teacher (1922–2015)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 28, 2023
Entity authorityQ515103 ↗
Source-derived summary

Andrzej Koszewski (Poznań, 26 July 1922 – 17 February 2015) was a Polish composer, musicologist and teacher. His students included Lidia Zielińska, Krzesimir Dębski and Bettina Skrzypczak.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Andrzej Koszewski” as composer, musicologist, and teacher (1922–2015). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1922, 2015—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1922-07-26. The account is most persuasive where Andrzej, Koszewski and Composer can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as composer, musicologist, and teacher (1922–2015). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 28, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q515103. VIAF identifies the subject as 61813507. The Library of Congress control number is n84217182. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1922 and 2015.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Andrzej Koszewski”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Andrzej Koszewski primary sources, Andrzej Koszewski archive and Andrzej research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Andrzej Koszewski”?
  2. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
  3. How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Andrzej Koszewski” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.