Witold Maliszewski
Witold Maliszewski (
Biography
Maliszewski was born in Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). He graduated from Saint Petersburg Conservatory, in the class of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.[4] He was a member of Belyayev circle. In 1913 he became a founder and the first director of the Odessa Conservatory, which gave the world a number of outstanding musicians, such as David Oistrakh, Emil Gilels and Yakov Zak.
After the
Maliszewski's early symphonic and other works were largely shaped by the St. Petersburg composition school which produced a number of outstanding composers. His symphonies (I-III) belong to the non-programmatic (Glazunov's) type. The Fourth symphony in D Major op. 21 composed in Warsaw reflects new style in his creative output and contains elements of Polish dances.[3][5]
In the Soviet Union, Maliszewski's name was prohibited, and in 1950 the conservatory which he founded in Odessa was renamed after Antonina Nezhdanova, who had no links with the institution.[6]
His students included
Selected works
- Stage
- Syrena (The Mermaid), Opera-Ballet in 4 acts, Op. 24; libretto by Ludomir Michał Rogowski (1927)
- Boruta, Ballet (1929)
- Orchestral
- Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 8 (1902)
- Joyful Overture (Ouverture joyeuse; Fröhliche Ouverture) in D major, Op. 11 (1910)
- Symphony No. 2 in A major, Op. 12 (1912)
- Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 14 (1907?)
- Symphony No. 4 in D major, Op. 21, Odrodzonej i odnalezionej ojczyźnie (To the newborn and recovered homeland) (1925)[5][7]
- Concertante
- Fantazja kujawska (Kuyavian Fantasy) for piano and orchestra (1928)[8]
- Concerto in B♭ minor for piano and orchestra, Op. 29 (1938)
- Chamber music
- Sonata for violin and piano, Op. 1 (1900)
- String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 2 (1902)
- Quintet in D minor for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos, Op. 3 (1904)
- String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 6 (1905)
- String Quartet No. 3 in E♭ major, Op. 15 (1914)
- Quatre morceaux for violin & piano, Op. 20 (1923)
- Piano
- Six Piano Pieces, Op. 4 (1904)
- Prélude et fugue fantastiques in B♭ minor, Op. 16 (1913)
- Choral
- Requiem (1930)
- Missa Pontificalis (1930)
Discographie
Archive recordings
- 1952 : Fantazja kujawska (Wladyslaw Kedra, Polish Radio Orchestra of Bydgoszcz, cond. Arnold Rezler)
- 1959 : Piano Concerto (Jakub Kalecki, Jerzy Gert)
- Piano Concerto (Andrzej Stefański, Polish Radio National SO)
Commercial recordings
- 2014 : Works for Violin and Piano – Acte Préalable AP0285 [1]
- 2014 : Chamber Music vol. 1 – Acte Préalable AP0327 [2]
- 2015 : Complete Works for Piano – Acte Préalable AP0320 [3]
- 2017 : Chamber Music vol. 2 – Acte Préalable AP0376 [4]
References
- Wrocki E., W. Maliszewski, Warszawa, 1932.
- Valentyna Nazarenko, Ukrainian page of Maestro Maliszewski. "Day" Newspaper, No. 143, August 15, 2009 (translated from Ukrainian) [5]
- Nazarenko, V.I., Vilinsky, Yu. S., Volosatykh, O. Yu. Witold Maliszewski in the musical life of Ukraine
and Poland. Chasopys of the Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music of Ukraine. - 2019. - № 2. P. 20-48. [6]
Notes
- ^ "Witold Maliszewski 1873–1939". pwm.com.pl. PWM. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ Nelson, John (2013). The significance of Rimsky-Korsakov in the development of a Russian national identity. University of Helsinki. pp. 10–11.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-521-59097-6.
- ^ Some sources suggest that Witold Maliszewski also studied with Alexander Glazunov
- ^ ISBN 978-1409464709.
- ^ Anniversary of the Odessa Conservatory in the family dimension.
- ^ "Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne SA Page, Symphony No.4". Archived from the original on May 14, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
- ^ "RMF Classic". Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
External links
- Witold Maliszewski [7][unreliable source?]
- Free scores by Witold Maliszewski at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Witold Maliszewski (1873–1939) : Joyful Overture (c. 1902) on YouTube
- Witold Maliszewski – piano concerto Op.27 on YouTube[dead link]
- Maliszewski – Symphony No. 1 (1902) on YouTube
- Witold Maliszewski: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 14 on YouTube
- Scores by Witold Maliszewski in digital library Polona