Roman Maciejewski

Roman Maciejewski ( born February 28, 1910 in Berlin, † April 30, 1998 in Gothenburg ) was a Polish composer, pianist and conductor.

Life

Maciejewski had from the age of five piano lessons with his mother. He studied from 1916 to 1919 at the Stern Komservatorium. He then continued his education in Poznan Bohdan Zaleski at ( Piano), Wladyslaw Raczkowski (music theory ), Kazimierz Sikorski (harmony and counterpoint) and Stanisław Wiechowicz continued ( solfege ).

Since 1930, he led the Stanislaw Moniuszko Choir in poses, with whom he undertook concert tours through Poland and Germany. In 1932 he began studying at the Warsaw Academy of Music with Karol Szymanowski, he broke off in favor of a concert tour as a pianist through the Balkans. In 1934 he studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris.

From 1939 to 1961 Maciejewski lived in Sweden, where he composed several incidental music for productions Ingmar Bergmans (including Albert Camus ' Caligula ) and began composing his Missa pro defunctis, which he finished in only fifteen years later. It was premiered at the International Festival of Contemporary Music in 1960 in Warsaw.

In 1951 he moved to the U.S. and settled in Redondo Beach, California. He was organist there two Catholic churches and led the Roman Choir. In 1977 he returned to Sweden and settled in Gothenburg.

Works

  • Sonata na fortepian nr 1, 1926
  • Kolysanka for piano, 1928
  • Pieśni Kurpiowskie for mixed choir, 1928
  • Wariacje for piano, 1928
  • Mazurki for Piano, 1928-90
  • Preludia for Piano, 1930-33
  • Tance góralskie for piano, 1931
  • Bajka " children's ballet for piano, 1932
  • Trzy Pieśni Bilitis for soprano and piano, 1933; for soprano and orchestra, 1935
  • Sonata na fortepian nr 2, 1932
  • Etiudy for piano, 1932
  • Tryptyk, 1933
  • Koncert na dwa fortepiany bez orkiestry, 1936
  • Tarantella i Kolysanka for two pianos, 1938
  • Sonata na skrzypce i fortepian, 1938
  • Oberek scena Baletowa for two pianos, 1943
  • Allegro concertante for piano and symphony orchestra, 1944
  • Missa pro defunctis ( Requiem) for soloists, mixed choir and symphony orchestra, 1944-59
  • Negro spirituals for two pianos, 1946
  • Matinata for Violin, Viola and Cello, 1948
  • Suita hiszpanska for two guitars, 1948
  • Mazurek for two pianos, 1951
  • Nokturn for flute, guitar and celesta, 1951
  • Kolysanka for string trio, flute, two guitars and Celesta, 1952
  • Fandango for piano, 1953
  • Msza Pasterska " Polish Christmas Carols for four-part women's choir or boys choir with organ, 1955
  • Carrol for mixed choir and organ, 1956
  • Missa Brevis for Mixed Chorus and Organ, 1964
  • Msza Zmartwychwstania for mixed choir and organ, 1966
  • Msza ku czci sw Cecylii for mixed choir and organ, 1967
  • Kwintet na instrumenty an end, 1971
  • Widok znad morza, suite for small orchestra, 1972
  • Kolysanka for piano and symphony orchestra, 1976
  • Hosanna for two-part choir, organ and brass quartet, 1976

Swell

  • Polish Music Center - Roman Maciejewski
  • Bach Cantatas - Roman Maciejewski
  • Kultura polska - Roman Maciejewski
  • Polish composer
  • Classic pianist
  • Conductor
  • Born 1910
  • Died in 1998
  • Man
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