Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński 1807-1867 was a Polish composer born in what is now North-western Ukraine. He came from a musical family, his father being a famous violinist serving at the court of Count Józef Illinski. Following in his father's footsteps, Ignacy went to study at the Warsaw Conservatory.

There, Ignacy studied alongside Chopin under the guidance of the famous Józef Elsner. Elsner was amazed at Ignacy and considered him a genius. Though Ignacy studied with one of the greatest pianists, Chopin, he was not overshadowed by him. At 28, he composed his Symphony no.2 in C minor and won second place at a composing competition in Vienna, parts of which were later performed in Leipzig and Warsaw with Felix Mendelssohn conducting.

He stayed in Warsaw for a while, teaching and composing very successfully in an early romantic style rooted in late classicism, a characteristic of the Polish composers of that period.

In 1845 he began to travel around Europe performing and bringing more attention to his compositions. During that period, he was forbidden to return to Poland because he wrote some Polish patriotic music based on a poem by Adam Mickiewicz. This decision proved to be just a slap on the wrist, as he returned after the 2 year trip ending in 1847.

He spent the rest of his life in Warsaw teaching, composing and conducting. He formed a successful orchestra, was a founding member of the Institute of Music, and a member of the Lvov Music Society. In his later years he focused all his efforts into composing.

He was succeeded by his son, Bronisław, who continued his legacy of music. Sadly, Ignacy's popularity began to fade as the 20th century appeared, though his legacy and work live on. Perhaps a Polish classical revival is due.

Special thanks to @InfernoXV for bringing this composer to my attention and suggesting these beautiful Nocturnes.

Taken from my collection of old sheet music. These little pieces of paper have such a history.

"If we look at his full list of works, we can notice that Paganini actually wrote a lot of compositions comprising the guitar. Among the 134 opuses listed in Moretti and Sorrento’s catalog (MS numbering from Catalogo tematico delle musiche di Niccolò Paganini, Genoa, 1982) 77 of them include the guitar, totalizing more than 200 pieces for solo guitar, mandolin and guitar, violin and guitar, and guitar and strings. Paganini’s passion for the guitar was genuine besides his works, as shown for instance by his Jean-Nicolas Grobert guitar given to his friend, famous French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) after Paganini passed away. Berlioz played the guitar too – “The guitar is a small orchestra” he wrote in his famous book Traité d’instrumentation et d’orchestration – and admired Paganini very much."

https://youtu.be/JDTp_YQizqE

Sakura (cherry blossoms) is a Japanese traditional koto piece written during the Edo period (1603-1868), during the Tokugawa shogunate. It is meant to be a meditation on the beauty of the cherry blossoms in bloom, one of the most beautiful sights in nature.