Andrzej Koszewski
Andrzej Koszewski ( born July 26, 1922 in Poznań ) is a Polish composer, musicologist and educator. He is regarded as Poland's most important choral composer of the 20th century. His best-known choral compositions are: Muzyka fa - re-mi -do -si (1960 ), his Nicolao Copernico dedicatum (1966 ), his motet Zdrowaś, królewno wyborna (1963 ) and his 1981 John Paul II composed Angelus Domini.
Biography
Koszewski singing since his high school days in the Cathedral Choir of Poznan. After the Second World War he studied from 1945 to 1950 musicology and music theory with Adolf Chybiński at the University of Poznań and 1948-1953 composition with Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski at the State Music Academy in the city. This was followed by post-graduate studies at the State Academy of Music in Warsaw, Tadeusz Szeligowski.
From 1948 to 1961 Koszewski taught at the School of Music and from 1950 to 1963 at the Music High School of Poznan. Since 1957 he has taught at the music school in the city, where he became assistant professor in 1965 and full professor in 1985. As a musicologist, he worked in the field of Polish music of the 19th century (especially Chopin ) as well as contemporary music and improvisation. He has received several awards from the Polish Ministry of Culture and in 1982 received a prize from the Prime Minister for his work with children and adolescents.