Roman Padlewski

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Roman Padlewski (born October 7, 1915 in Moscow , † August 16, 1944 in Warsaw ) was a Polish composer, violinist, pianist, musicologist and critic.

Padlewski studied violin with Zdzisław Jahnke and composition with Tadeusz Szeligowski and Stanisław Wiechowicz at the Poznan Conservatory from 1927 to 1939 . He also studied musicology at the University of Poznan from 1931 to 1935 . From 1935 to 1937 he also attended the officers' school for artillery in Włodzimierz Wołyński, which he graduated with the rank of officer cadet. Until the outbreak of war he worked in Poznan as a violinist, pianist and choirmaster of the Karol Szymanowski Choir and as a speaker and author of programs on the Polish radio stations in Poznań and Vilnius and wrote in Kurier Poznański , Tęcza and Dziennik Poznański . He made his debut as a composer in 1933 with a string quartet, and his works were performed during the Polish Music Week in Poznan in 1938.

After the outbreak of World War II he fought against the German invasion under General Franciszek Kleeberg . In November 1939 he went to Warsaw. There he organized and directed an orchestra in the Philips factory and gave concerts as a soloist and chamber musician. From 1941 to 1943 he was a member of Eugenia Umińska's string quartet (with Kazimierz Wiłkomirski and Henryk Trzonek ), which performed in Bolesław Woytowicz Salon Sztuki . He was also active in the secret musicians' association and continued his training as a composer (with Kazimierz Sikorski ), conductor (with Walerian Bierdiajew ) and organist (with Bronisław Rutkowski ) at the Warsaw Underground Conservatory.

He took part in the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 under the command of Jan Mazurkiewicz ( Radosław ). On August 14, 1944, he was injured while trying to neutralize a Goliath (a remote-controlled self-propelled mine). Two days later he died of his injury in the insurgent hospital in Warsaw's old town. On the orders of General Tadeusz Komorowski , he was posthumously awarded the Cross of Merit and the Order of Virtuti Militari . Aleksandra Osadowska-Padlewska made a biographical film about him in 1995.

Works

  • Trzy pieśni for voice and piano based on texts by Artur Maria Swinarski (1933)
  • Kwartet smyczkowy nr 1 (1933)
  • Dwa preludia for piano (1933)
  • Trzy mazurki for piano (1934)
  • Orawskie i spiskie nuty for mixed choir a cappella (around 1937)
  • Trio smyczkowe (around 1937)
  • Pytasz co w moim życiu , song for voice and piano based on Jan Lechoń (1938)
  • Etiudy for orchestra (1938)
  • Stabat Mater for mixed choir a cappella (1939)
  • Kwartet smyczkowy nr 2 (1940–42)
  • Suita for violin and piano (1941)
  • Pieśni do słów Jerzego Lieberta for soprano and orchestra (1942)
  • Concert skrzypcowy (1944)
  • Kwartet smyczkowy nr 3 (1944)

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personal data
SURNAME Padlewski, Roman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish composer, violinist, pisanist, musicologist and critic
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 1944
Place of death Warsaw