Bernadetta Matuszczak
Bernadetta Matuszczak (born March 10, 1931 in Toruń ) is a Polish composer.
After attending the music school in her hometown, Matuszczak studied music theory with Zygmunt Sitowski , piano with Irena Kurpisz-Stefanowa and composition with Tadeusz Szeligowski at the Poznan State Music Academy . From 1960 she continued her composition studies at the State Music Academy in Warsaw with Szeligowski and after his death with Kazimierz Sikorski . She received her diploma as a composer in 1964. With a grant from the French government, she studied with Nadia Boulanger in Paris in 1968 .
In 1965 she won the competition of young Polish composers of the Polish Composers' Association, the following year the Grzegorz Fitelberg Composition Competition and in 1967 the Jeunesses Musicales competition . Her work Septem Tubae was performed at the 43rd World Music Festival in Hamburg in 1969, her chamber opera Juliet i Romeo at the 1972 International May Festival in Wiesbaden.
Works
- Gitanjali "for flute, soprano, bells and a male speaking voice, 1963
- Sans titre for piano, 1963–68
- Dramat kameralny for baritone, baritone from tape, reciting alto voice, bass clarinet, cello, double bass and percussion, 1965
- Septem tubae for mixed choir, organ and symphony orchestra, 1966
- Waiting for 3 flety i klawesyn , 1966
- Musica da camera for three flutes, four trombones and five tom toms, 1967
- Juliet i Romeo , chamber opera based on William Shakespeare for soloists, pantomime, speaker, choir and orchestra, 1967
- Invocazione per dieci voci, flato, contrabbasso, teorbano e gong , 1968
- Poésie de chambre for speaker, soprano, bass clarinet, vibraphone, two cymbals and tam-tam, 1968
- Per strumenti for string orchestra, bass clarinet, trumpet and percussion, 1969
- Canzone for soprano, soprano from tape, cor anglais and percussion, 1969–70
- Humanae voces opera oratorio for speaker, dramatic soprano, choir and orchestra, 1970–71
- Rilke-Lieder for baritone and orchestra, 1971
- Salmi for baritone, speaker, harp, double bass, percussion and light, 1972
- Misterium Heloizy , Opera, 1973–74
- Elegia o chlopcu polskim for soprano, reciting alto part, two female choirs and orchestra, 1974–75
- Aforyzmy for flute, 1976
- Pamietnik wariata , opera monodrama based on Nikolai Gogol for actors, baritone, pantomime and chamber orchestra, 1976
- Apocalypsis , oratorio for soprano, baritone, speaker, choir and orchestra, 1976–77
- Dziady Kowienskie , drama by Adam Mickiewicz for soloists, choir and orchestra, 1978
- Canticum canticorum for alto, baritone, choir and orchestra, 1978–79
- Ossesioni concertanti in quattro parti for percussion, 1980
- Quartetto in dodici parti for string quartet, 1980
- Fraszki for male choir a cappella, 1980
- Prometeusz , chamber opera based on Aeschylus for soloists, choir and orchestra, 1981–82
- Dwanascie preludiów for strings, 1982
- Wiersze dzieciece for female choir a cappella, 1982
- Canti della vita e della morte for baritone, cello and percussion, 1982–84
- Canto solenne for baritone, choir and orchestra, 1983
- Momenti musicali per flauto ed archi , 1983
- Tryptyk Norwida for baritone, bass clarinet and cello, 1983
- Aforyzmy for piano, 1984
- Dzwiekowe zabawki , Children's Pieces for Piano, 1984
- Koleda for alto with piano accompaniment, 1984
- Pejzaze for mezzo-soprano and piano, 1984
- Improvisations for flute, 1984
- Miniatury baletowe for orchestra, 1985
- Notturno - Karol Szymanowski in memoriam in tres partes per cello solo , 1987
- Canticum polonum per archi , 1987
- W nocy na starym rynku , pantomime based on Itzhok Lejb Perez for solo voice, choir and symphony orchestra, 1988
- Dzikie labedzie Ballet based on Hans Christian Andersen for electronic music, 1988
- Fase per archi da camera , 1989
- Hymn in honorem beatae Mariae virginis de monte Carmelo for alto or counter tenor and positive or organ, 1990
- Nie ma dachu nad glowa for alto with piano accompaniment, 1990
- Kolysanka niebieska for alto with guitar accompaniment, 1990
- Koleda AD 1990 for alto and guitar accompaniment, 1990
- Dzikie labedzie , ballet suite for actors and tape, 1991
- Libera me ... for baritone and tape, 1991
- Piesn zalobna pamieci ofiar Katynia for soprano and organ, 1991
- Sny dzieciece for piano, 1992
- Quo vadis , musical drama based on Henryk Sienkiewicz for soloists, choir and orchestra, 1993–94
- Canto funebre per archi, in memoriam Wojciech Broniewski , 1995
- Zbrodnia i kara , drama based on Fyodor Dostoevsky , 2008
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Matuszczak, Bernadetta |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toruń |