5 FEBRUARY 1909 Birth of Polish composer Grazyna BACEWICZ in Lodz. d-Warsaw, 17 JAN 1969. Grażyna Bacewicz (February 5, 1909 in Łódź – January 17, 1969 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish composer and violinist. She is only the second Polish female composer to have achieved national and international recognition, the first being Maria Szymanowska in the early 19th century.
