Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska

Tekla Bądarczewska-Baranowska (1834 -September 29, 1861) was a female Polish composer. She became world-famous for her piece Modlitwa dziewicy, or A Maiden's Prayer which was composed in 1856 and first published as a supplement to the Paris Revue et Gazette Musicale in 1859. Possibly one of the biggest selling pieces of piano music of all time, the piece, which is still recorded, is a medium difficulty short piano piece for intermediate pianists.