Jan Adam Maklakiewicz

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Jan Adam Maklakiewicz (born November 24, 1899 in Chojnata , † February 7, 1954 in Warsaw ) was a Polish composer.

After his first lessons with his father, Maklakiewicz studied in Warsaw at the Warsaw Music Academy with Felicjan Szopski and Leopold Binental and from 1922 to 1925 composition with Roman Statkowski . Until 1927 he continued his composition studies with Paul Dukas at the École Normale de Musique in Paris.

From 1927 he was a teacher of music theory at the Łódź Conservatory and from 1929 at the Warsaw Conservatory. In 1932 he became organist at the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw. From 1945 to 1947 he was director of the State Philharmonic in Cracow and from 1947 of the State Philharmonic in Warsaw, where he also taught composition at the Music Academy.

Works

  • Symphonic Variations , 1922
  • Hucul's Suite for Violin and Piano, 1927
  • Triptych for cello and piano, 1927
  • Les Vierges Aux Crepuscules for two mezzo-sopranos, flute, viola and harp, 1927
  • Symphony No. 2 for baritone, mixed choir and orchestra, 1927
  • You're like a flower , song based on Heinrich Heine , 1928
  • Concertino quasi una Fantasia for piano, mezzo-soprano and orchestra, 1929
  • Four Japanese Songs for Soprano and Orchestra, 1929
  • Five folk songs for mixed choir, 1929
  • The little geese flew , folk song for mixed choir, 1929
  • Concerto for cello and orchestra on Gregorian themes, 1930
  • Violin Concerto No. 1 , 1930
  • Song for daily bread , symphonic poem for mixed choir and orchestra, 1931
  • Symphonic tango for orchestra, 1931
  • Cagliostro in Warsaw , ballet, 1938
  • Concert overture for orchestra, 1939
  • Grunwald , symphonic poem, 1939–44
  • Polish Mass for Mixed Choir, Soprano or Tenor and Organ, 1944
  • Four songs for high voice and orchestra, 1946
  • Madonnas , five lids for soprano and orchestra, 1947
  • Prague Overture , 1947
  • Silesia works and sings , suite for tenor, male, female and mixed choir and orchestra or piano, 1948
  • Suite from Lowicz for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra, 1948
  • Zabrze , cantata for four-part male or mixed choir and orchestra, 1949
  • Violin Concerto No. 2 ("Bergsteiger"), 1952
  • Lullaby for four-part male choir, 1946
  • The Golden Duck , Ballet, 1950

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personal data
SURNAME Maklakiewicz, Jan Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish composer
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Chojnata
DATE OF DEATH 7th February 1954
Place of death Warsaw