Roman Ryterband

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Roman Ryterband (born August 2, 1914 in Łódź , † November 17, 1979 in Palm Springs , California ) was a Polish composer, conductor and pianist.

biography

Ryterband studied law in Warsaw at the request of his father. He also took piano lessons and was encouraged by Alexander Glasunow to continue his musical education. At the beginning of the Second World War he was on a journey through France and went to Switzerland on the advice of the Governor General of Nice. Here he studied musicology at the University of Bern , worked as a conductor and began to compose.

In 1955 Ryterband moved to Canada with his family. He became musical director of the CKVL radio station, taught at McGill University and conducted a Polish choir. From 1960 he taught at the Music Conservatory of Chicago College of Performing . He conducted the Southside Symphony Orchestra for several years and headed the Composers' Society of the International Society for Contemporary Music . The Citizen Council of Chicago named him Outstanding New Citizen of the Year in 1965 .

In 1967 Ryterband settled in Palm Springs. Here he founded the Palm Springs Festival of Music and Art , of which he became director. He taught at California State University in Los Angeles and performed as a piano soloist and accompanist.

Ryterband became known with the Dialogue for Two Flutes that was created in Chicago in 1961 . For the 200th anniversary of the USA, he composed the Tunes of America . His Suite Polonaise for piano won the Kosciuszko Foundation Prize . In 1978 he dedicated the orchestral version of the work to Pope John Paul II. The Polish pianist Peter Gach devoted himself particularly to Ryterband's piano works . In 1993 the violinist Francis D'Albert founded the Roman Ryterband Academy and Institute in Chicago .

Works

Piano works

  • nocturne
  • Sonata No.1 in D
  • Polonaise suite
  • Suite Internationale
  • 24 Variations on a Theme of a Folk Song
  • Trois Preludes , homage to Serghei Rachmaninoff
  • Souvenir d'un Bal (for the left hand)
  • Dream of Granada
  • Interlude at Sea
  • Eucalyptus Giants on Catalina Street
  • Under your Star "Zodiac Suite"
  • I Wish you a Merry Christmas, A Carol Fantasy
  • Little Christmas prelude
  • Come you shepherds , Christmas carols for piano four hands
  • Santa Claus is coming tomorrow , folk tune for piano four hands
  • Concerto for piano, strings and harp

Chamber music

  • Musical Quiz (Guess The Composer) on Swiss Folk Melodies
  • Song of the Plains of Poland
  • Trois Ballades Hebraiques
  • Phantasie on Polish Folk Melodies for three violins
  • Sonata Breve for violin and harp
  • Two Desert Scenes for violin and harp
  • Dialogue (Piéce sans Titre) for two flutes
  • Double Flute Quintet
  • Ballade Castle Munchenwilr for soprano, two flutes, two violins and piano
  • Sonata for two flutes and harp
  • Deux Sonnets for harp
  • Triptyque Contemporain for cello and piano
  • Sonatina for guitar
  • Rapsodia Helvetica for trombone and piano
  • Capriccio Gavottuoso for alto saxophone and piano
  • Chagrin d'amour for alto saxophone, tenor saxophone and piano
  • Song of the Plains of Poland for soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone and piano
  • Valse de Berne for tenor saxophone and piano

Vocal works

  • Deux Images
  • Five German songs
  • Three Negro Spirituals
  • De Gospel's Mah Religion
  • Spring of Love
  • Three Hebrew Songs
  • Mother of Our Lord
  • Two American Songs
  • Pry for the Piece of Jerusalem , cantata for mezzo-soprano and organ
  • Yo 'Serbant , spiritual prayer for bass, female voices or mixed choir and organ
  • The Lord Reigneth , cantata for baritone, boys' choir and organ
  • The Men of Delta U 3 , songs for male voices
  • Bouquet of Musical Flowers from Brodway to Hollywood , Fantasy for vocal quartet and piano
  • The Old Mansion (W modrzewiowym dworku) , Mazur for soprano, mixed choir and piano
  • May I Forget This Sorrow , duet for tenor and soprano
  • Róze i Sen , piano song
  • Jubilate Deo (Hallelujah) , cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' choir, male choir, orchestra and organ
  • Trio "Jubilate Deo" for soprano, tenor, baritone, organ and percussion
  • Pater Noster for three-part boys' choir
  • Our lakes for female or male voices or mixed choirs
  • Call for male voices
  • Death for male voices
  • Praise of the song for male voices
  • The tree for male voices
  • Three chants for male voices
  • Two Sonnets (Shakespeare) for mixed choir
  • Raise Your Heads, O Gates (Psalm 27), Anthem for mixed choir and piano or organ
  • Thanksgiving Anthems for mixed choir and piano or organ
  • Christmas Processional for mixed choir, wind quartet and organ
  • Une poupée pour Noël (A Dolly for Christmas) for female voices, flute, triangle and piano

Web links

source

  1. ↑ OCLC 1999291
personal data
SURNAME Ryterband, novel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish composer, conductor and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH August 2, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Łódź
DATE OF DEATH 17th November 1979
Place of death Palm Springs , California