Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz
Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz | |
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Born | 12 May 1805 Kraków, Poland |
Died | 2 November 1881 | (aged 76)
Occupation(s) | Composer, publisher |
Jan Nepomucen (de) Bobrowicz (12 May 1805 – 2 November 1881) was a Polish virtuoso
Life
Bobrowicz was born in Kraków. He studied the guitar in Vienna with Mauro Giuliani during 1816–1819. After a short career as a solo performer on the guitar, he worked as a secretary in the senate of Kraków. From 1832, he worked as an editor for the music-publishing firm of Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig, Germany. Later he ran his own publishing business. As an editor he was responsible for probably hundreds of titles, published mainly in Polish.[2]
The venture which brought him probably the most fame was the 4th–10th editions of the original classical genealogical and heraldic reference, Herbarz Polski (The Polish Armorial), by
As a composer, Bobrowicz wrote about 40 compositions for the guitar. Many of them are in the form of theme and variations.[4] Stylistically, he belongs to the Romantic era – one of the few substantial guitar composers of the time, comparable to Johann Kaspar Mertz.
Bobrowicz died in Dresden aged 76.
Selected works
- Grandes variations sur un duo de l'opéra 'Don Juan', Op. 6
- Air d'Ukraine varié, Op. 7
- Variations brillantes sur un thème original, Op. 10
- Six Valses et polonaise, Op. 11 (as Op. 11b version for flute and guitar)
- L'Impromptu variations, Op. 12
- Introduction, variations et polonoise sur un thème original des Tiroliens, Op. 13
- Variations sur la cavatine favorite de l'opéra 'Zelmira', de Rossini, Op. 16
- Distractions-rondeau brillant et facile, Op. 17
- Variations sur une valse favorite, Op. 18
- Quatre Marches, Op. 19
- Introduction et variations sur l'air polonais 'Ja ciebie nie zapomnę', Op. 20
- Souvenir de F. Hérold. Grand potpourri sur des motifs de l'opéra 'Zampa, ou La Fiancée de marbre', Op. 21
- Première grande polonaise, Op. 24
- Drei Märsche, Op. 25
- Variations de bravoure sur un thème de Caraffa, 'Oh! cara memoria', Op. 28
- Variations et polonaise sur un duo de l'opéra 'I Montecchi e Capuleti', Op. 30
Editions
Robert Coldwell (ed.): J. N. Bobrowicz, Selected Works, 2 vols (Dallas: Digital Guitar Archive, 2005 & 2008). Vol. 1 contains a detailed biography in English and Polish by Krzysztof Komarnicki.
Bibliography
- H. Batorowska: Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz: polski wydawca i księgarz w Saksonii w czasach Wielkiej Emigracji (Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz: Polish Publisher and Bookseller in Saxony during the Great Emigration) (Kraków, 1992).
- S. P. Koczorowski: "Bobrowicz, Jan Nepomucen", in Polski Słownik Biograficzny(Polish Biographical Dictionary), vol. 2 (Kraków, 1936), pp. 157–158.
- Z. Walczy: "Bobrowicz, Jan Nepomucen", in Słownik pracowników książki polskiej (Dictionary of Polish Book People), edited by J. Treichel (Warsaw, 1972), pp. 73–74.
- Jan Oberbeck: Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz. Chopin gitary (Bielsko Biała, n. d. [2005]).
References
- ^ Hannu Annala, Heiki Mätlik: Handbook of Guitar and Lute Composers (Pacific, MO: Mel Bay, 2010), p. 54.
- ^ Robert Coldwell (ed.): J. N. Bobrowicz, Selected Works, vol. 1 (Dallas: Digital Guitar Archive, 2005).
- ^ Niesiecki, Kasper (1839–1846). Bobrowicz, Jan (ed.). Kasper Niesiecki - HERBARZ POLSKI Kaspra Niesieckiego S.J. (in Polish). Vol. 10. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel.
- ^ Krzysztof Komarnicki, Form-integrating Elements in the Variation Cycles by Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz. Guitar and Lute.