Szymanowski’s dogs

The Polish composer Karol Szymanowski was brought up in  very musical environment: he had a dogs named “Scherzo” and “Crotchet”.

Source: Palmer, Christopher (1983) Szymanowski.  London: BBC, p. 9.


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