I have only visited the house of one composer and that is Karol Szymanowski. In 2006 I went to Poland for the first time and spent a couple of days in Zakopane in the footthills of the Tatras. It's a pleasant little town, but two days largely exhausts its attractions. I was happy to see the Szymanowski museum, but I had not travelled to Zakopane especially to see it. The museum is interesting, but makes no mention of the fact that Szymanowski was gay.
The passionate third symphony is one of the first works by Szymanowski I got to know and I must admit it is a work I like less for knowing more. Perhaps it is too superficially beautiful and has no hidden depths to reveal. I like it, but I can't say it's a masterpiece by any means. My photograph of the museum.
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