Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar

Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar (born September 5, 1924 in Lviv ; † September 26, 2008 in Krakow ) was a Polish composer and music teacher.

Moszumańska-Nazar came to Krakow with her family in 1945. Here she studied piano with Jan Hoffman and composition with Stanisław Wiechowicz at the State Music Academy until 1955 . From 1963 she taught composition, instrumentation, counterpoint and contemporary composition techniques at the Kraków Music Academy . 1974–75 she led a composition class. Until 1979 she was Dean of the Faculty of Composition, Conducting and Music Theory, and from 1987 to 1993 director of the Academy.

In 1954 Moszumańska-Nazar was the winner of the Young Composers' Competition of the Polish Composers Union. She also received first prizes at the international female composers' competitions in Mannheim in 1961 and in Buenos Aires in 1963, and second at the Karol Szymanowski Competition in 1974.

Works

Variations for piano , 1949
Suite of Polish Dances for piano, 1954
Concertino for piano and symphony orchestra , 1954
Overture No. 1 for symphony orchestra, 1954
Overture No. 2 for symphony orchestra, 1956
Allegro symfoniczne , 1957
Sonatina for piano , 1957
Three miniatures for clarinet and piano, 1957
Four essays for orchestra, 1958
Five duets for flute and clarinet, 1959
Hexaèdre for symphony orchestra, 1960
String trio , 1960
Music for strings , 1962
Exodus for symphony orchestra and tape, 1964
Variazioni concertanti per flauto e orchestra da camera , 1965–66
Interpretations for flute, tape and percussion, 1967
Three Concert Etudes for Percussion, 1969
Pour orchester , 1969
Intonations for two mixed choirs and symphony orchestra, 1970–71
Bagatelles for piano, 1971
Constellations for piano, 1972
Bel canto for soprano, celesta and percussion or soprano, celesta, cello and percussion, 1972
String Quartet No. 1 , 1973-74
Madonny polskie , poem for mixed choir and orchestra, 1974
Rapsod I for orchestra, 1975
From end to end percussion , 1976
Challenge for baritone and chamber ensemble, 1977
Variants for piano and percussion, 1979
String Quartet No. 2 , 1980
Rapsod II for symphony orchestra, 1980
Sinfonietta for string orchestra, 1983
Song of Songs for soprano, speaker, male choir and chamber ensemble, 1984
Canzona for violin, 1985
Concerto for orchestra , 1985–86
Fantasy for Marimba, 1987
Fresco No. 1 for orchestra, 1988
Music for five for percussion, 1989
Trois moments musicaux for double bass, 1990
Quatre moments musicaux for cello, 1990–94
Recitativo for cello, 1991
Fresco No. 2 for orchestra, 1991
Un petit cadeau , Trio for flute, cello and percussion, 1993
Fresco No. 3 for orchestra, 1993
Two dialogues for instrumental ensemble or orchestra, 1994
Oratio brevis for organ, 1995
String Quartet No. 3 , 1995
Leggiero e mobile for wind ensemble, 1996
Flowers for flute, piccolo, oboe, clarinet and piano, 1996–97
Serpentine for oboe, 1997
Pater noster for male choir and organ, 1997
Impressions for string quartet, 1997–98
Concerto for percussion and orchestra , 1998
String Quartet No. 4 , 1998-2003
Violin Concerto , 1999–2000
Grande Valse d'anniversaire for piano, 2000
Waltz for piano, 2001
Autumn music for clarinet, bells and percussion, 2001
Birthday, birthday ... for cello, 2001
Moment musical V for cello, 2002
Musiquette for two trumpets and percussion, 2003
Sonata per due violini , 2003
La Valse à la main gauche for piano, 2003
La Valse musette for piano, 2003
APigram for piano, 2004
Orfeusz i Eurydyka for soprano, baritone, narrator and chamber orchestra, 22005
Configurations for cello and piano, 2005
Novelette for flute and piano, 2006

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personal data
SURNAME	Moszumańska-Nazar, Krystyna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	September 5, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lviv
DATE OF DEATH	September 26, 2008
Place of death	Krakow