Download The Polish composers

1st March 1810 – 17th October 1849
Polish composer and virtuoso pianist
of French-Polish parentage
 He was one of the best known composers in the world.
 He is considered to be one of the greatest masters of
Romantic music.
 Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola a village near Warsaw.
 Seven-year-old "little Chopin" composed two Polonaises
and began giving public concerts.
 He received a good general education at one of the first
colleges of Warsaw.
 Because of political reasons he was forced to leave
Poland in 1830 at age 20 and settled in Paris for
the rest of his life.
 Here he soon became the favorite and musical hero of
society.
 He was connected with George Sand who was the
most important woman in his life.
 He was buried in the cemetery of Père-Lachaise
in Paris. His heart was buried in Warsaw.
 „Revolutionary Etude”
 C Minor Op. 10 No.12 (1829-1832). It was created when the
November Uprising was suppressed by the Russian detachments.
The composer intended it to be a piano exercise to practice the left
hand.
 Polonaise A flat Major Op. 53One of the best known polonaises, a
musical symbol of the Polish nation.
 „Raindrop prelude” prelude D flat Major Op. 28 No. 15 A set of 24
preludes, each in a different key. Chopin created it during his stay
on Majorca when it rained all the time.
 Sonata B Minor Op. 35 No. 2 It’s next to last part is
the Funeral March which, to these days, is performed
during every important funeral ceremony.
 „Minute Waltz” D flat Major Op. 64 No. 1.
 Piano Concerto F Minor Op. 21.
 Piano Concerto E Minor Op. 11.
 Scherzo H Minor Op. 20 Scherzo H Minor Op. 20
 First competition was organized in 1927 and it’s
organized every 5 years in Warsaw.
 It’s one the oldest and most important international
competitions for pianists which takes place all over
the world.
 The pianist who wins this competition becomes
very famous.
5th May 1819 – 4 th June
Polish composer and pianist,
creator of Polish national opera
 He was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. His output
includes many songs and operas, and his musical style is filled
with patriotic folk themes. He is generally referred to as the father
of Polish national opera.
 The source of Moniuszko's melodies and rhythmic patterns often
lies in Polish musical folklore. One of the most visibly "Polish"
aspects of his music is in the forms he uses, including dances
popular among upper classes such as polonaise and mazurkas,
and folk tunes and dances such as kujawiak and krakowiak.
Operas:
 Bettly – 1872,
 The Raftsman – 1858,
 Halka – 1846,
 The Countess – 1860,
 Paria - 1859-69,
 The King of Peasants,
 Idyll,
 The Haunted Manor - 1861-64,
 Verbum Nobile – 1860;
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Beata - 1870;
Idol – 1840;
The Gypsies - 1850;
Karmaniol or Frenchmen Like To Joke – 1840;
Lottery – 1842;
Overnight in Appenines - 1837-1840;
The New Don Quixote or Hundred Follies - 1923.
Masses and Other Sacral Works:
Litanies of Ostra Brama - mixed choir, organ and orchestra. 1843-1855.
Funeral Mass in D-minor for 4-part mixed choir and organ. 1850.
Mass in E-minor for 2 sopranos, alto and organ. 1855.
Mass in E-flat major for solo voices, mixed choir, organ and string quintet. 1865.
Mass in B-flat major Piotrowinska' for solo voices, mixed choir and organ. 1872.
Ecce lignum crucis. Motet for baritone solo, mixed choir and organ. 1872.
The Lord's Prayer "Our Father” for 4-part mixed choir and orchestra or organ, 1859.
Psalm Ne memineris' for solo voices, mixed choir, organ and string quintet.
Psalm Vide humilitatem meam' for mixed choir, sting quintet and organ.
Requiem aeteranam for 11 solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra.
3rd October 1882 – 28th March 1937
Polish composer and pianist
 He spent his childhood in the home village.
 In 1889 he began playing the piano.
 In 1921 he traveled to the United States.
 In May 1922 he made his concert composer in Paris, ended with great
success.
 In 1930 Szymanowski suffering from tuberculosis, he settled
in Zakopane.
 Tuberculosis attacked the throat of the composer, so
that Szymanowski was not able to eat anything. He died in his sleep,
in a clinic in Lausanne Du Signal.
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Four symphonies (No. 3, Song of the Night with choir and vocal soloists
and No. 4, Symphonie Concertante, with piano concertante)
and two dream-like violin concertos.
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His stage works include the ballets Harnasie and Mandragora and the operas
Hagith and „King Roger”.
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He wrote much piano music, including the four Etudes, Op. 4 (of which No. 3
may be his single most popular piece), many mazurkas and the exquisite
and highly individual Metopes.
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Other works include the Three Myths for violin and piano, two masterful string
quartets, a sonata for violin and piano, a number of orchestral songs and his
Stabat Mater, an acknowledged choral masterpiece.
was born on 23rd November 1933 in Dębica.
Contemporary Polish composer and conductor
 In 1959, he composed Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima.
For this, one of his best known and most often performed
compositions, he received the UNESCO prize.
 In 1972 Penderecki started his conductor’s career. Since that time
he is conducting the largest orchestras of the world. Between 1972-78
he was a professor of Yale University School of Music.
 In 1999 Krzysztof Penderecki received two Grammy Awards for Best
Classical Contemporary Composition.
 Penderecki was reborn—the performance marked a turning point in
his career making him the most acclaimed artist since Igor Stravinsky
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Orchestral Works
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Symphony No.4 ('Adagio')
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Concertos
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Symphony No.5
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Cello Concerto No.2
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Symphony No.8, for 3 voices, chorus, and
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Cello Sonata
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Concerto Grosso, for 3 cellos and orchestra
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Symphony No.7 (Seven Gates of Jerusalem'),
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Flute Concerto
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De Natura Sonoris 2
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Largo, for cello and orchestra
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Fluorescences
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Viola Concerto
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Polymorphia, for 48 strings
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Violin Concerto No.1
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Threnody 'to the Victims of Hiroshima', for 52
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Symphony No.3
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Symphony No.1
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Symphony No.2 ('Christmas Symphony')
orchestra ('Lieder der Vergänglichkeit')
strings
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Chamber Works
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Cadenza, for viola solo
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Sinfonietta No.2, for chamber orchestra
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Sinfonietta, for chamber orchestra
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Agnus Dei, for 4 soloists, chorus and orchestra
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Polish Requiem, for soloists, chorus, and
orchestra
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Psalms of David, for chorus, 2 pianos, percussion,
double bass and harp
(mvt.10 from collective composition 'Requiem of
Reconciliation')
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Song of the Cherubim for chorus
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Benedictus, for chorus
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Passio et Mors Domini Nostri Jesu Christi
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Cantata in honorem Almae Matris Universitatis
Secundum Lucam for 3 voices, narrator, choruses,
Iagellonicae, for chorus and orchestra
and orchestra
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Credo, for soloists, boys' choir, chorus and
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Te Deum, for 4 soloists, 2 choruses, and orchestra
orchestra
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Utrenia I: The Entombment of Christ, for 5 voices,
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Dies irae, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra
2 choruses, and orchestra
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From the Psalms of David, for chorus, strings, and 
Utrenia II: TheResurrection of Christ, for 5
percussion
soloists, boy's choir, chorus, and orchestra
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Hymn to St. Daniel, for chorus and winds