Editing Music of Poland (section)

===Romantic===
[[File:Eugène Ferdinand Victor Delacroix 043.jpg|thumb|[[Frédéric Chopin]] by [[Eugène Delacroix|Delacroix]], 1838]]

At the end of the 18th century, Polish classical music evolved into national forms like the [[Polonaise (dance)|Polonaise]] and [[Mazurka]] — perhaps the first distinctively Polish [[art music]]. Polonaises for piano were and remain popular, such as those by [[Jacek Szczurowski]], [[Michał Kleofas Ogiński]], [[Juliusz Zarębski]], [[Henryk Wieniawski]], [[Józef Elsner]], and, most famously, [[Frédéric Chopin]]. Chopin remains very well known, and is regarded for composing a wide variety of works, including [[mazurka]]s, [[nocturne]]s, [[waltz]]es and concertos, and using traditional Polish elements in his pieces. The same period saw [[Stanislaw Moniuszko|Stanisław Moniuszko]], the leading individual in the successful development of [[Polish opera]], still renowned for operas like ''[[Halka]]'' and ''[[The Haunted Manor]]''.

In the 19th century the most popular composers were [[Maria Agata Szymanowska]], [[Franciszek Lessel]], and [[Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński]]. Important opera composers were [[Karol Kurpiński]] and [[Stanisław Moniuszko]]. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries the most prominent composers were [[Władysław Żeleński (musician)|Władysław Żeleński]] and [[Mieczysław Karłowicz]]. [[Karol Szymanowski]] gained prominence prior to World War II. [[Józef Koffler]] was the first Polish [[Twelve-tone technique|twelve-tone composer]] (dodecaphonist).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.muzykotekaszkolna.pl/wiedza/kompozytorzy/koffler-jozef-1896-1944/ |title=Koffler Józef (1896–1944) |access-date=16 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515154653/http://www.muzykotekaszkolna.pl/wiedza/kompozytorzy/koffler-jozef-1896-1944/ |archive-date=15 May 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>