Feliks Łabuński

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Feliks Roderyk Łabuński (born December 27, 1892 in Ksawerynów , † April 28, 1979 in Cincinnati ) was a Polish-American composer, pianist and music teacher.

The brother of the composer and conductor Wiktor Łabuński had piano lessons from the age of eight, which he continued from 1902 to 1909 with Roch Hill in Moscow. From 1911 to 1915 he studied architecture at the Polytechnic Institute in Moscow. He then continued his musical training in the subjects of music theory with Lucjan Marczewski (1921-22) and harmony with Witold Maliszewski (1923-24). From 1924 to 1926 he studied musicology in Paris with Georges Migot , then attended Nadia Boulanger's composition class and from 1928 to 1930 studied instrumentation with Paul Dukas at the École Normale de Musique .

In 1927 in Paris he was one of the founders of an association of young Polish composers, of which he became secretary, deputy chairman and finally chairman. In 1934 he returned to Poland and worked there in the Classical Music Department of the Polish Radio. In 1935 he became a board member of the Polish Music Publishing Society and chairman of the contemporary music committee.

Łabuński emigrated to the United States in 1936 and received American citizenship in 1941. Until 1945 he lived in New York, where he worked for the Polish Art Service , lecturing on counterpoint, music analysis and composition at various colleges and universities, writing articles on musical life in Poland for Modern Music and Musical America , and radio programs for CBS and NBC -Written station about Polish music. From 1941 to 1944 he was director of the American branch of the International Society for Contemporary Music . He also gave concerts in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia and Montreal, mainly with his own works.

In 1945 he went to Cincinnati and worked there as a professor of composition, orchestration and form theory at the Cincinnati College of Music . The Chicago Music College awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1951, and in 1977 he received an award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers .

Works

  • Dwie pieśni for voice and piano (1929–31)
  • Triptyque champêtre , orchestral suite (1931)
  • Olympic Hymn for male choir and orchestra (1932)
  • Kantata polska for soloist quartet, mixed choir and orchestra (1932)
  • Ptaki for soprano and orchestra (1934)
  • Kwartet smyczkowy nr 1 (1935)
  • Divertimento for flute and piano (1936)
  • God's Man , ballet (1937)
  • Suita for strings (1941)
  • In memoriam , symphonic poem for orchestra (1941)
  • Song without Words for soprano and string orchestra (1946)
  • There is no Death , cantata for soprano, mixed choir and orchestra (1950)
  • Wariacje for orchestra (1951)
  • Elegia for orchestra (1954)
  • Symfonia B major for orchestra (1956)
  • Xavieriana , Fantasy for two pianos and orchestra (1956)
  • Divertimento for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1956)
  • Images of Youth , cantata for mezzo-soprano, baritone, children's choir and orchestra (1956)
  • Mass for Treble Voices to Honor the Holy Innocents for unison voices and organ (1957)
  • Nocturne for orchestra (1957)
  • Images of Youth , Oebertüre for orchestra (1958)
  • Symphonic Dialogues for Orchestra (1960)
  • Kwartet smyczkowy nr 2 (1962)
  • Canto di aspirazione for orchestra (1963)
  • Salut à Nadia for wind orchestra (1967)
  • Polish Renaissance Suite for Orchestra (1967)
  • Music for Piano and Orchestra (1968)
  • Intrada festiva for wind orchestra (1968)
  • Salut à Paris , ballet suite for orchestra (1968)
  • Primavera for orchestra (1973)

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personal data
SURNAME Łabuński, Feliks
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Łabuński, Feliks Roderyk (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish-American composer, pianist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Ksawerynów
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1979
Place of death Cincinnati