Re: Polish Composers
Posted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 7:31 pm
A very interesting biography of Zygmunt Stojowski (1870-1946) is here:
http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/PM ... owski.html
Works:
Opus 1: Deux pensées musicales pour piano (1889)
* No.1 Mélodie
* No.2 Prélude
Opus 2: Deux caprices-études pour piano (1889)
* No.1 Fileuse
* No.2 Toccatina
Opus 3: Piano Concerto in F-sharp Minor (1890)
Opus 4: Trois intermèdes pour piano (1891)
* No. 1 in G Major
* No. 2 in E Minor
* No. 3 in B-flat Major
Opus 5: Quatre morceaux (1894)
* No.1 Berceuse
* No.2 Scherzo
* No.3 Gondoliera
* No.4 Mazurka
Opus 6: Variations et Fugue pour deux violons, alto et violoncelle (1891)
Opus 8: Trois morceaux pour piano (1891)
* No.1 Légende
* No.2 Mazurka
* No.3 Serenade
Opus 9: Suite in E-flat Major for orchestra (1891)
Opus 10: Deux orientales for piano (1894)
* No.1 Romance
* No.2 Caprice
Opus 11: Piec Piesni / Cinq mélodies (1895)
* No. 1. Letni wieczór - Soir d'eté
* No. 2. Wedrowalo sobie slonko - Le Soleil emplit la voute
* No. 3. Nie bede cie rwala - Pourquoi te cueillir
* No. 4. Ach, jak mi smutno - Pleure mon âme
* No. 5. Siedzi ptaszek na drzewie - Sur le branche l'oiseau
Opus 12: Danses humoresques pour piano (1893)
* No.1 Polonaise
* No.2 Valse
* No.3 Mazurka
* No.4 Cracovienne
* No.5 Mazurka
* No.6 Cosaque Fantastique
Opus 13: Sonata in G Major for piano and violin (1893)
Opus 14: Dumka (c. 1910)
Opus 15: Trois morceaux pour piano (1896)
* No.1 Rêverie
* No.2 Intermezzo-Mazurka
* No.3 Au Soir
Opus 16: Deux caprices pour piano (1898)
Opus 17(18): Sonata in A Major for piano and cello (September - October 1895)
Opus 19: Cinq miniatures pour piano (1900)
* No. 1 Feuillet d'Album
* No. 2 Moment musical
* No. 3 Arabesque
* No. 4 Barcarolle
* No.5 Mazurka
Opus 20: Romance for violin and orchestra (1901)
Opus 21: Symphony in D Minor (1898)
Opus 22: Concerto in G Minor for violin and orchestra (1899?)
Opus 23: Rhapsodie symphonique pour piano et orchestre (1900)
Opus 24: Polnische Idyllen für das Pianoforte / Polish Idylls for Piano (1901)
* No. 1 Einsamleit - Solitude
* No. 2 Auf zur Ernte - L'appel de moissoneurs
* No. 3 Dorfcoquette - Coquette de Village - The Village Flirt
* No. 4 Tanz-Vision - Vision de danse - Vision of the Dance
* No. 5 Fest-Nachklänge - Souvenirs de fête
Opus 25: Romantische Stücke für das Pianoforte (1902)
* No.1 Geständniss - Confidence
* No. 2 En valsant
* No. 3 Idylle
* No. 4 Baracole
* No. 5 Frülingserwachen - Spring's Awakening
Opus 26: Quatre morceaux pour piano / Vier Stücke (1903)
* No.1 Mélodie
* No.2 In tempo di Minuetto
* No.3 Chant d'amour
* No.4 Thème cracovien varié
Opus 27: Fantaisie for trombone and piano (1905)
Opus 28: Two Mazurkas for piano (1908)
* No.1 Mazurka fantastique
* No.2 Mazurka brillante
Opus 29: Auf Sturm und Stille for piano (190-)
* No. 1 Ballade - Adele Aus der Ohe
* No. 2 Aufschwung - Essor
* No. 3 Zwielicht - Crépuscule - Twilight
* No. 4 Capriccio
* No. 5 Serenade
* No. 6 Valse - Impromtu
Opus 30: Trois esquisses pour piano (1908)
* No.1 Amourette de Pierrot
* No.2 Feuilles mortes / Autumn Leaves
* No.3 Prcs du ruisseau / By the Brookside
Opus 31: Concertstüke in D Major for cello and orchestra (1915)
Opus 32: Prologue, Scherzo & Variations (Concerto No. 2 in A-flat Major for piano and orchestra) [summers of 1909 & 1910 at Chamonix]
Opus 33: Six Songs for voice and piano - Euphonies (1911)
* No. 1 Où va ton rêve? - Where is Thy Dream?
* No. 2 Parle de grâce! - Speak Once Again
* No. 3 Si tu étais un lac insondable - Wert Thou the Lake
* No. 4 Comme un luth sonore, ô brise- On My Heart, Ye Wandr'ing Breezes
* No. 5. Adieu - Farewell
* No. 6. Invocation - Cloudless, Ye Skies
Opus 34?
Opus 35: Trois études de concert pour piano (1912)
* No. 1 C Major
* No. 2 F-sharp Major
* No. 3 A Minor
Opus 36: Poème d'été [Quatre morceaux pour piano] (1910?)
* No.1 Rêves / Dreams
* No.2 Rayons et reflets / Rays & Reflections
* No.3 Fleurettes / Flowerets
* No.4 Bruissements / Forest Breezes
Opus 37: Sonata No. 2 in E Major for piano and violin (July 23, 1911)
Opus 38: Fantaisie pour piano (1911)
Opus 39: Aspirations. Poèmes pour piano (1914)
* No.1 Vers l'azur (prélude) - Mehr Licht (Goethe)
* No.2 Vers la tombe (élégie)
* No.3 Vers la caprice (intermcde)
* No.4 Vers l'amour (romance)
* No.5 Vers la joie (rhapsodie)
Opus 40: A Prayer for Poland, Cantata for soprano and bass, mixed chorus, orchestra & organ (Summer 1915, Cragsmoor, NY)
Opus 41: [Two pieces for piano] (1922 & 1933)
*No. 1 Intermède lyrique pour piano (1922)
*No. 2 Scherzo-Caprice pour piano (1933)
Opus 42: Variations et fugue sur un thème original pour piano (1923)
Opus 43, No. 1 Romance for piano (1941?)
Published Works Without Opus Numbers
B. Works for Piano
# Cadenza for Beethoven's Concerto No. 3 in C minor
# Deux Feuillets d' Album
# Dumka (1945)
# Sigismond Stojowski Album, edited by Alec Rowley; Schott & Co., London: 1932
Preface: "Those who value beauty will find herein a treasury of delight." An anthology that contains: 1. Mélodie, 2. Intermède, 3. Berceuse, 4. Gondoliera, 5. Rêverie
# Lullaby / Cradle Song (1941)
# Twelve Exercises for Strengthening the 3rd, 4th and 5th Fingers
Unpublished Works (piano) in Manuscript
# Caprice-Étude pour le piano, 4 pages, May 3, 1888; copy at USC
# Fugue de concours: Fugue du ton à quatre parties, 8 pages, Paris: July 25, 1889.
# Piano Concerto No. 3 in F Minor (mentioned in Groves, 1937); Concerto pour piano avec accompagnement d'orchestre. 68 pages, missing pages 31-32
# Piano Quartet 4 pages
# Six Musical Notebooks, the sixth of which has the following juvenilia works. They are presented in the order as found in the manuscript:
# Feuille d'Album, for piano (Andantino quasi allegretto, A-flat Major), August 1884
# [Theme and (13) Variations] (Theme: Grave, G Major), February 1885
# Trois morceaux en miniature, for piano,
# Composed in Cracow in May 1885 Petite marche (B-flat Major)
# Petite Barcarolle (F-sharp Major)
# Petit Scherzo (E-flat Major)
# Caprice, for piano (Allegro con fuoco - D Major), Cracow: September 1886
# Phantaisie for piano (Andante sostenuto), Cracow: June 1886
# The Chopin Mazurkas edited by Zygmunt Stojowski
This is the last project the composer completed before his death in 1946. Each mazurka, which contained the artist's fingerings and pedaling, was also accompanied with a lengthy (over 50 single-spaced typewritten pages) commentary and analysis: ZLSC. In 1970, one of the Stojowski-edited mazurkas with commentary appeared in the American magazine Clavier, commemorating the centennial of Stojowski's birth.
For a complete list of works, including publishers, notes, and recordings:
http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/PM ... works.html
Stojowski on Paderewski:
http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/PM ... owski.html
Stojowski: A Master Lesson on Chopin's First Impromptu:
http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/PM ... hopin.html
Stojowski's scores at IMSLP
http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Stojowski,_Sigismond
At Sibley:
https://urresearch.rochester.edu/filter ... ctionId=63
Jonathan Plowright playing Deux pensées musicales, Op.1 No.1 Mélodie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSrAWy4yfYU
Deux pensées musicales, Op.1 No.2 Prélude:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vFLs01J ... re=related
Paderewski's first encore was always Stojowski's Chant d'amour from Quatre morceaux pour piano, Op.26 No.3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzWJLPib ... re=related
Does anyone have the score for Deux pensées musicales, Op.1 No.2 Prélude?
Thanks very much.
jeremy
http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/PM ... owski.html
Works:
Opus 1: Deux pensées musicales pour piano (1889)
* No.1 Mélodie
* No.2 Prélude
Opus 2: Deux caprices-études pour piano (1889)
* No.1 Fileuse
* No.2 Toccatina
Opus 3: Piano Concerto in F-sharp Minor (1890)
Opus 4: Trois intermèdes pour piano (1891)
* No. 1 in G Major
* No. 2 in E Minor
* No. 3 in B-flat Major
Opus 5: Quatre morceaux (1894)
* No.1 Berceuse
* No.2 Scherzo
* No.3 Gondoliera
* No.4 Mazurka
Opus 6: Variations et Fugue pour deux violons, alto et violoncelle (1891)
Opus 8: Trois morceaux pour piano (1891)
* No.1 Légende
* No.2 Mazurka
* No.3 Serenade
Opus 9: Suite in E-flat Major for orchestra (1891)
Opus 10: Deux orientales for piano (1894)
* No.1 Romance
* No.2 Caprice
Opus 11: Piec Piesni / Cinq mélodies (1895)
* No. 1. Letni wieczór - Soir d'eté
* No. 2. Wedrowalo sobie slonko - Le Soleil emplit la voute
* No. 3. Nie bede cie rwala - Pourquoi te cueillir
* No. 4. Ach, jak mi smutno - Pleure mon âme
* No. 5. Siedzi ptaszek na drzewie - Sur le branche l'oiseau
Opus 12: Danses humoresques pour piano (1893)
* No.1 Polonaise
* No.2 Valse
* No.3 Mazurka
* No.4 Cracovienne
* No.5 Mazurka
* No.6 Cosaque Fantastique
Opus 13: Sonata in G Major for piano and violin (1893)
Opus 14: Dumka (c. 1910)
Opus 15: Trois morceaux pour piano (1896)
* No.1 Rêverie
* No.2 Intermezzo-Mazurka
* No.3 Au Soir
Opus 16: Deux caprices pour piano (1898)
Opus 17(18): Sonata in A Major for piano and cello (September - October 1895)
Opus 19: Cinq miniatures pour piano (1900)
* No. 1 Feuillet d'Album
* No. 2 Moment musical
* No. 3 Arabesque
* No. 4 Barcarolle
* No.5 Mazurka
Opus 20: Romance for violin and orchestra (1901)
Opus 21: Symphony in D Minor (1898)
Opus 22: Concerto in G Minor for violin and orchestra (1899?)
Opus 23: Rhapsodie symphonique pour piano et orchestre (1900)
Opus 24: Polnische Idyllen für das Pianoforte / Polish Idylls for Piano (1901)
* No. 1 Einsamleit - Solitude
* No. 2 Auf zur Ernte - L'appel de moissoneurs
* No. 3 Dorfcoquette - Coquette de Village - The Village Flirt
* No. 4 Tanz-Vision - Vision de danse - Vision of the Dance
* No. 5 Fest-Nachklänge - Souvenirs de fête
Opus 25: Romantische Stücke für das Pianoforte (1902)
* No.1 Geständniss - Confidence
* No. 2 En valsant
* No. 3 Idylle
* No. 4 Baracole
* No. 5 Frülingserwachen - Spring's Awakening
Opus 26: Quatre morceaux pour piano / Vier Stücke (1903)
* No.1 Mélodie
* No.2 In tempo di Minuetto
* No.3 Chant d'amour
* No.4 Thème cracovien varié
Opus 27: Fantaisie for trombone and piano (1905)
Opus 28: Two Mazurkas for piano (1908)
* No.1 Mazurka fantastique
* No.2 Mazurka brillante
Opus 29: Auf Sturm und Stille for piano (190-)
* No. 1 Ballade - Adele Aus der Ohe
* No. 2 Aufschwung - Essor
* No. 3 Zwielicht - Crépuscule - Twilight
* No. 4 Capriccio
* No. 5 Serenade
* No. 6 Valse - Impromtu
Opus 30: Trois esquisses pour piano (1908)
* No.1 Amourette de Pierrot
* No.2 Feuilles mortes / Autumn Leaves
* No.3 Prcs du ruisseau / By the Brookside
Opus 31: Concertstüke in D Major for cello and orchestra (1915)
Opus 32: Prologue, Scherzo & Variations (Concerto No. 2 in A-flat Major for piano and orchestra) [summers of 1909 & 1910 at Chamonix]
Opus 33: Six Songs for voice and piano - Euphonies (1911)
* No. 1 Où va ton rêve? - Where is Thy Dream?
* No. 2 Parle de grâce! - Speak Once Again
* No. 3 Si tu étais un lac insondable - Wert Thou the Lake
* No. 4 Comme un luth sonore, ô brise- On My Heart, Ye Wandr'ing Breezes
* No. 5. Adieu - Farewell
* No. 6. Invocation - Cloudless, Ye Skies
Opus 34?
Opus 35: Trois études de concert pour piano (1912)
* No. 1 C Major
* No. 2 F-sharp Major
* No. 3 A Minor
Opus 36: Poème d'été [Quatre morceaux pour piano] (1910?)
* No.1 Rêves / Dreams
* No.2 Rayons et reflets / Rays & Reflections
* No.3 Fleurettes / Flowerets
* No.4 Bruissements / Forest Breezes
Opus 37: Sonata No. 2 in E Major for piano and violin (July 23, 1911)
Opus 38: Fantaisie pour piano (1911)
Opus 39: Aspirations. Poèmes pour piano (1914)
* No.1 Vers l'azur (prélude) - Mehr Licht (Goethe)
* No.2 Vers la tombe (élégie)
* No.3 Vers la caprice (intermcde)
* No.4 Vers l'amour (romance)
* No.5 Vers la joie (rhapsodie)
Opus 40: A Prayer for Poland, Cantata for soprano and bass, mixed chorus, orchestra & organ (Summer 1915, Cragsmoor, NY)
Opus 41: [Two pieces for piano] (1922 & 1933)
*No. 1 Intermède lyrique pour piano (1922)
*No. 2 Scherzo-Caprice pour piano (1933)
Opus 42: Variations et fugue sur un thème original pour piano (1923)
Opus 43, No. 1 Romance for piano (1941?)
Published Works Without Opus Numbers
B. Works for Piano
# Cadenza for Beethoven's Concerto No. 3 in C minor
# Deux Feuillets d' Album
# Dumka (1945)
# Sigismond Stojowski Album, edited by Alec Rowley; Schott & Co., London: 1932
Preface: "Those who value beauty will find herein a treasury of delight." An anthology that contains: 1. Mélodie, 2. Intermède, 3. Berceuse, 4. Gondoliera, 5. Rêverie
# Lullaby / Cradle Song (1941)
# Twelve Exercises for Strengthening the 3rd, 4th and 5th Fingers
Unpublished Works (piano) in Manuscript
# Caprice-Étude pour le piano, 4 pages, May 3, 1888; copy at USC
# Fugue de concours: Fugue du ton à quatre parties, 8 pages, Paris: July 25, 1889.
# Piano Concerto No. 3 in F Minor (mentioned in Groves, 1937); Concerto pour piano avec accompagnement d'orchestre. 68 pages, missing pages 31-32
# Piano Quartet 4 pages
# Six Musical Notebooks, the sixth of which has the following juvenilia works. They are presented in the order as found in the manuscript:
# Feuille d'Album, for piano (Andantino quasi allegretto, A-flat Major), August 1884
# [Theme and (13) Variations] (Theme: Grave, G Major), February 1885
# Trois morceaux en miniature, for piano,
# Composed in Cracow in May 1885 Petite marche (B-flat Major)
# Petite Barcarolle (F-sharp Major)
# Petit Scherzo (E-flat Major)
# Caprice, for piano (Allegro con fuoco - D Major), Cracow: September 1886
# Phantaisie for piano (Andante sostenuto), Cracow: June 1886
# The Chopin Mazurkas edited by Zygmunt Stojowski
This is the last project the composer completed before his death in 1946. Each mazurka, which contained the artist's fingerings and pedaling, was also accompanied with a lengthy (over 50 single-spaced typewritten pages) commentary and analysis: ZLSC. In 1970, one of the Stojowski-edited mazurkas with commentary appeared in the American magazine Clavier, commemorating the centennial of Stojowski's birth.
For a complete list of works, including publishers, notes, and recordings:
http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/PM ... works.html
Stojowski on Paderewski:
http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/PM ... owski.html
Stojowski: A Master Lesson on Chopin's First Impromptu:
http://www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/PM ... hopin.html
Stojowski's scores at IMSLP
http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Stojowski,_Sigismond
At Sibley:
https://urresearch.rochester.edu/filter ... ctionId=63
Jonathan Plowright playing Deux pensées musicales, Op.1 No.1 Mélodie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSrAWy4yfYU
Deux pensées musicales, Op.1 No.2 Prélude:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vFLs01J ... re=related
Paderewski's first encore was always Stojowski's Chant d'amour from Quatre morceaux pour piano, Op.26 No.3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzWJLPib ... re=related
Does anyone have the score for Deux pensées musicales, Op.1 No.2 Prélude?
Thanks very much.
jeremy