Lucjan Kaszycki

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Lucjan Marian Kaszycki (born September 27, 1932 in Krakow ) is a Polish composer, music teacher and scholar.

Kaszycki studied with Stanisław Wiechowicz at the State Music Academy in Cracow until 1957 . From 1954 to 1958 he was the musical director of the Kraków Groteska Theater . From 1958 to 1961 he taught at the State Music Academy, from 1961 at the State Music Academy in Cracow. There he was initially an assistant, then a lecturer in music theory and headed the composition class from 1967 to 1974. From 1974 he held lectures at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music on the propaedeutics of contemporary music, symphonic instrumentation, and on arrangement and teaching in the fields of jazz and popular music. In 1984 he received an extraordinary, and in 2002 a full professorship in musicology. From 1992 to 2003 he headed the arrangement class at the school for entertainment and jazz music Krzysztof Komeda , of which he is one of the founders.

As a composer, Kaszycki was best known for more than 150 plays and 50 film scores as well as numerous songs. He also composed piano works, orchestral works, electronic and computer music, several musicals and an opera. His works were u. a. Performed by the Polish Radio Orchestras Warsaw and Cracow and the Radio Choir Cracow. For his works and his educational work he received numerous prizes, including a. 2002 Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta .

Works

  • Wariacje dziecięce for piano (1952)
  • Scherzo na orkiestrę (1953)
  • Sonatina na fortepian (1954)
  • Scherzo symfoniczne for orchestra (1955)
  • Symfonia for orchestra (1958)
  • Passacaglia for large symphony orchestra (1958)
  • Nocą na Kanonicznej , song (1959)
  • Melodie z bajek for piano (1960)
  • Zatrzymaj wóz , song (1962)
  • Alma Mater , song for mixed choir a cappella (1963)
  • Tajemnicza pozytywka czyli Jak zwabić starszą panią , musical (1963)
  • Cztery ekspozycje for two pianos (1964)
  • Never twoje kroki , song (1964)
  • Od brzegu do brzegu , song (1965)
  • Trzy suity z cyklu "Listy otwarte" for mixed choir and orchestra (1966–1969)
  • Preludium e passacaglia un poco blues for jazz orchestra, timpani, harp and strings (1967)
  • Osobni , song (1968)
  • Słomkowy kapelusz , Musical (1968)
  • Adiaphora for orchestra (1969)
  • Gdzieś w niedorzeczu Wisełki , Musical (1969)
  • Nokturn na flet i harfę (1969)
  • Suita francuska for orchestra (1970)
  • Sześć piosenek for mixed choir and piano (1979)
  • Pastoral Suite for Orchestra (1980)
  • Noveletta for instrumental ensemble (1982)
  • Kołowrotek for instrumental ensemble (1982)
  • Wampuka , Opera (1983)
  • Into Battle Again - Dramatic Moods , orchestral suite (1984)
  • Czarodziejski pierścień , Children's Musical (1984)
  • Granie miłe , song for mixed choir a cappella (1985)
  • Czarodziejski pierścień , Children's Musical (1986)
  • Przygody Cippolina , Children's Musical (1986)
  • Cross Rosen for tape (1987)
  • Diabły warszawskie , musical (1987)
  • Kwiat paproci , musical (1989)
  • Atlantis for tape (1991)
  • Tryptyk for tape (1991–1993)
  • Birkut '8 for tape and four soloists (1992)
  • Lucjan Kaszycki for tape (1992)
  • Vilcabamba for tape and four soloists (1992)
  • Lines of Life for tape (1993)
  • Sfinks for tape and four soloists (1993)
  • W krainie wiatru, srebrnych jezior i jaskiń , musical history for instrumental ensemble or electronics (2000–2003)
  • Meridian , children's musical (2004)
  • Przychodzę , song (2005)
  • Kochanowskiego przekład Psalmów , song (2005)

Filmography (selection)

  • 1959: Dispute over Basia (Awantura o Basie)
  • 1960: The common room (Wspólny pokój)
  • 1960: 1000 Taler (Tysiac talarów)
  • 1961: The route between death and life (Droga na zachód)
  • 1962: A ringmaster does not give up (Dom bez okien)
  • 1963: To be loved (Jak byc kochana)
  • 1963: Gangsters and Philanthropists (Gangsterzy i filantropi)
  • 1963: The woman you can never forget (Naprawde wczoraj)
  • 1963: Weekendy
  • 1971: Aktion Brutus (Akcja 'Brutus')

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personal data
SURNAME Kaszycki, Lucjan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaszycki, Lucjan Marian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish composer, musicologist and educator
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Warsaw