Bolesław Woytowicz
Bolesław Woytowicz (born December 5, 1899 in Dunajiwzi , † June 11, 1980 in Katowice ) was a Polish composer, pianist and music teacher.
Woytowicz had piano lessons from 1913 and was a student of Aleksander Wielhorski from 1916–17 . After studying philology at the University of Kiev and mathematics and law in Warsaw, he studied piano with Aleksander Michałowski and composition with Felicjan Szopski and Witold Maliszewski from 1920 to 1924 at the Warsaw Conservatory . From 1929 to 1932 he studied composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris.
In 1924 he undertook a concert tour as a pianist through Europe, which took him a. a. to France, Germany and Austria, to Czechoslovakia and Switzerland, to Holland and the Baltic States. In 1927 he was a participant in the First International Chopin Competition in Warsaw. With his piano concerto he won second prize in the Kronenberg composition competition in 1932 .
From 1924 to 1939 Woytowicz taught at the Warsaw Conservatory. During the Second World War he organized concerts in the Sztuki Salon , where musicians such as Eugenia Umińska , Irena Dubiska , Witold Lutosławski , Andrzej Panufnik , Zbigniew Drzewiecki , Paweł Lewiecki , Ewa Bandrowska-Turska , Vittoria Calma , Ada Sari and Adam Didur performed.
From 1945 to 1975 Woytowicz led piano and composition classes at the State Music Academy in Katowice . He also taught at the State Music Academy in Warsaw and the Music Academy in Cracow . His students include the pianist Urszula Mitręga , Zofia Owińska , Irena Protasewicz , Monika Sikora-Wojtacha , Maria Szraiber and Zbigniew Śliwiński and the composer Tadeusz Baird , Wojciech Kilar , Witold Szalonek , Józef Świder , Romuald Twardowski and Peter Paul Koprowski .
Works
- Dwa mazurki for piano, 1928
- Wariacje for piano, 1928
- Dwanascie piesni for voice and piano, 1928–30
- Fantazja for violin and piano, 1929
- Sonata for piano, 1929
- Trzy tance for piano, 1930
- Trio na flet, Klarnet i fagot , 1930
- L'enfant va dormir for soprano, flute, bassoon and harp, 1930
- Oberek for piano, 1930
- Mala kantata dziecieca na pochwale Bozi i slonca for three-part children's choir a cappella, 1931
- Kwartet smyczkowy nr 1 (string quartet), 1932
- Koncert fortepianowy (piano concerto), 1932
- Suita koncertowa for orchestra, 1933
- Dwa tance polskie for voice, violin, cello and piano, 1933
- Zalobny poemat 'Pamieci marszalka Pilsudskiego for symphony orchestra, 1935
- Concertino for small symphony orchestra, 1936
- Powrót , ballet, 1937
- Symfonia nr 1 , 20 variations in the form of a symphony, 1938
- Symfonia nr 2 'Warszawska , 1945
- Recitativo for violin or cello and organ, 1946
- Recitativo e arietta for piano, 1947
- Dwanascie etiud for piano, 1948
- Kantata na pochwale pracy for solo voices, mixed choir and orchestra, 1948
- Szesc szkiców symfonicznych for symphony orchestra, 1949
- Nasza piesn for mixed choir or mixed choir and symphony orchestra or voice and piano, 1950
- Prorok , cantata for bass, choir and symphony orchestra, 1950
- Pokój for voice or choir and piano or a cappella choir, 1951
- Sonata na flet i fortepian , 1952
- Kwartet smyczkowy nr 2 , 1953
- Trzy ludowe piesni slaskie for mixed choir, 1955
- Lamento , Vokalise for soprano, clarinet and piano or soprano and symphony orchestra, 1957, 1959
- The Great Fugue for string quartet and two string ensemble, 1958
- Dziesiec etiud for piano, 1960
- Symfonia nr 3 'Piano concertante for piano and orchestra, 1963
- Miniatura for violin and piano or violin, viola and cello, 1966
- Mala sonata for piano, 1977
- De profundis for voice and organ, 1977
literature
- Boleslaw Woytowicz , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 22/1950 from May 22, 1950, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely available)
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| SURNAME | Woytowicz, Boleslaw |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish composer, pianist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dunayivtsi |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 1980 |
| Place of death | Katowice |