Zygmunt Mycielski

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Zygmunt Mycielski

Count Zygmunt Mycielski (born  August 17, 1907 in Przeworsk , †  August 5, 1987 in Warsaw ) was a Polish composer, writer and music critic.

Life

He attended a grammar school in Krakow , where he studied music with Bernardino Rizziego , an Italian composer, organist and cantor. From 1928 onwards he continued his musical education on the advice of Karol Szymanowski at the École Normale de Musique in Paris with Paul Dukas and Nadia Boulanger . In 1926 he joined the Association des Jeunes Musiciens Polonais (Polish Association of Young Musicians) founded by Polish musicians studying in Paris , of which he was chairman from 1934–1936.

He fought in the French army in World War II and was involved in numerous combat operations on French soil. He became a prisoner of war and, after identifying himself as a Polish soldier, was used for forced labor on a German farm. After the end of the war he returned to Poland.

In the years 1946–1948 and 1957–1959 he worked in the editorial department of "Ruch Muzyczny", a Polish music magazine. From 1960 to 1968 he was its editor-in-chief. He also worked on the editorial staff of the magazines "Res Facta", "Rocznik Chopinowski" and "Chopin Studies". In 1955 he published an article in the journal "Przegląd Kulturalny" in which he criticized the fact that Polish compositions received too little attention internationally. For several years he was part of the board of the Association of Polish Composers and from 1948 to 1949 its chairman.

After the Czech Republic became part of the Warsaw Pact , he published an "Open letter to the Czech and Slovak musicians" in the Paris magazine "Kultura", which the Polish government immediately censored. He was also relieved of his position as editor-in-chief and was banned from traveling. In 1974 Mycielski and 14 other Polish artists signed the "list piętnastu", a letter addressed to the government calling for the promotion of Polish cultural education for Poles living in the USSR . In 1975 he and 59 other intellectuals signed a protest against planned constitutional changes. In 1978 he was a founding member of Towarzystwo Kursów Naukowych , a non-legal, government-critical association. The Polish security authorities became aware of Mycielski through these activities. He was therefore one of the few musicians who were subjected to years of observation and harassment by state authorities. Despite attempts at censorship by the Polish government, his pieces were performed several times at the Warsaw Autumn Music Festival . Mycielski also continued to publish articles in the music magazine "Ruch Muzyczny" and traveled abroad several times.

He died on August 5, 1987 in Warsaw and was buried in Wiśniowa . Andrzej Szypuła founded the "Towarzystwo imienia Zygmunta Mycielskiego" in 1988, a company that deals with Mycielski's life's work and contributes to the dissemination of his works. In 1990 a documentary film about Mycielski was also produced and broadcast on Polish television.

At his own request, his estate was deposited with the married couple Barbara Zwolska-Stęszewska and Jan Stęszewski in Warsaw. The estate includes sketches, drawings, compositions and writings as well as his correspondence. The collection enabled new insights into Mycielski's life, which were published between 1998 and 2001 in the form of diaries.

Awards

  • 1952 State award of the 3rd degree for Symphony No. 1 - "Symfonię polską"
  • 1953 Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
  • 1954 and 1987 awards from the Association of Polish Composers
  • 1955 Banner Order of Labor 2nd Class
  • 1955 Award of the Polish Ministry of Culture and Art for the overture - Uwerturę śląską na orkiestrę i dwa fortepiany
  • 1961 Award of the Concours Musical Prince Rainier III de Monaco for the symphony - "II Symfonię"
  • 1981 Order of Merit of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Compositions

Mycielski composed symphonies, ballads, ballets, songs and chamber music. His main works can be classified under neoclassicism.

  • Dwie pieśni na soprano i fortepian do słów Marii Pawlikowskiej-Jasnorzewskiej i własnych (1932)
  • Cztery preludia na fortepian i wiolonczelę (1934)
  • Pięć pieśni weselnych do słów Brunona Jasieńskiego (1934)
  • Trio na fortepian, skrzypce i wiolonczelę (1934)
  • Trois Chants de Pétrone na soprano i fortepian (1935)
  • Narcyz - Ballet (1936)
  • Lamento di Tristano na małą orkiestrę symfoniczną, pamięci Karola Szymanowskiego (1937–1947)
  • Fiat Voluntas Tua, Offertoire pour Deux Violoncelles et Piano ou Orgue (1943)
  • Pięć szkiców symfonicznych (1945)
  • Portrait Muzy na głos recytujący, chór mieszany i 15 instrumentów do słów Konstantego Ildefonsa Gałczyńskiego (1947)
  • Uwertura śląska na orkiestrę i dwa fortepiany (1948)
  • Preludium na skrzypce i fortepian (1948)
  • Kwiaty na tor na chór mieszany a cappella do słów Konstantego Ildefonsa Gałczyńskiego (1950)
  • Symphony No. 1 "Symfonia polska" (1951)
  • Elegia na skrzypce i fortepian (1951)
  • Brzezina (wersja I) na soprano i fortepian do słów Jarosława Iwaszkiewicza (1951)
  • Brzezina (wersja II) na soprano i kwintet smyczkowy do słów Jarosława Iwaszkiewicza (1952)
  • Zabawa w Lipinach, balet w jednym akcie (1952)
  • Cztery pieśni mazowieckie na chór i orkiestrę (1952)
  • Sześć preludiów na fortepian (1954)
  • Concert fortepianowy (1954)
  • Nowy lirnik mazowiecki, 10 pieśni i finał na soprano, baryton, chór mieszany i orkiestrę symfoniczną (1955)
  • Krągły rok, 6 pieśni na baryton ( tenore profondo ) i fortepian do słów Jarosława Iwaszkiewicza (1956–67)
  • Wariacje matematyczne na małą orkiestrę (1957)
  • Symphony No. 2 (1960-61)
  • Concert fortepianowy nr 2 (1962)
  • Symphony No. 3 "Sinfonia breve" (1967)
  • Pięć preludiów na kwintet smyczkowy i fortepian (1967)
  • Napisane wczesnym rankiem na tenore profondo i fortepian do słów Czesława Miłosza (1971)
  • Symphony No. 4 (1972)
  • Symphony No. 5 (1977)
  • Sześć pieśni na orkiestrę (1978)
  • Wariacje na małą orkiestrę smyczkową (1980)
  • Fantazja na orkiestrę (1981)
  • Trzy psalmy na baryton solo, chór i orkiestrę (1982)
  • Wieczne odpoczywanie na chór mieszany albo solo z filharmonią (1983-84)
  • Liturgia sacra na chór i orkiestrę (1983-84)
  • Osiem pieśni do słów Zbigniewa Herberta (1983-84)
  • Symphony No. 6 (1985-86)
  • Fragmenty na chór i małą orkiestrę do słów Juliusza Słowackiego (1987)

Fonts

  • Ucieczki z pięciolinii. PIW, Warsaw 1957.
  • Notatki o muzyce i muzykach. PWM, Krakow 1961.
  • Postludia. PWM, Krakow 1977.
  • Szkice i wspomnienia. Biblioteka "Więzi", Warsaw 1999.
  • Diaries: Dziennik 1950–1959. Iskry, Warsaw 1999.
  • Diaries: Dziennik 1960–1969. Iskry, Warsaw 2001.
  • Diaries: Niby-dziennik 1969–1981. Iskry, Warsaw 2010.
  • Diaries: Niby-dziennik ostatni 1981–1987. Iskry, Warsaw 2012.
  • An aristocrat in communist Poland. Diaries of a composer 1950–1970. (Translated by Matthias Barelkowski) Wiesbaden 2017. ISBN 978-3-447-10887-4 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Glosy i dygresje do 'teczek' i Dzienników Zygmunta Mycielskiego (1) / Artykuły / Instytut Książki. Retrieved May 8, 2017 (Polish).
  2. ↑ Krzysztof Tomasik: Kronikarz. O Zygmuncie Mycielskim. In: Homobiography. Warszawa 2008, pp. 124-135.
  3. ^ Kancelaria Sejmu RP: Internetowy System Aktów Prawnych. Retrieved May 8, 2017 .
  4. ^ Ordre du mérite culturel (Monaco) - GeneaWiki. Retrieved May 8, 2017 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Mycielski, Zygmunt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish composer
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Przeworsk
DATE OF DEATH 5th August 1987
Place of death Warsaw