Roman Statkowski

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Roman Statkowski (born December 24, 1859 in Kalisz / Szczypiorno , † November 12, 1925 in Warsaw ) was a Polish composer and music teacher.

Life

Statkowski first studied law at the University of Warsaw, because composition with Władysław Żeleński at the Warsaw Music Institute . He continued his education at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory with Nikolai Solovyov and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov . In 1890 he received his diploma in composition and instrumentation with a gold medal.

At the international composition competition in London he won first prize at the international composition competition in Warsaw with the opera Filenis (based on the drama by Hermann Erler ), and the following year with the opera Maria (based on a poem by Antoni Malczewski ).

From 1904 he worked as a professor at the Warsaw Music Institute, initially as a teacher of musical aesthetics and history, and after Zygmunt Noskowski's death in 1909 also for composition. His students included u. a. Jerzy Lefeld , Jan Adam Maklakiewicz , Feliks Wrobel , Piotr Perkowski , Michał Kondracki , Kazimierz Wiłkomirski and Bolesław Szabelski .

Works

  • Trois mazurkas for piano
  • Deux valses for piano
  • Alla Cracovienne in D major for violin and piano
  • Trois mazurkas for violin and piano
  • Trois piècettes polonaises for piano
  • Kwartet smyczkowy nr 1 in F major
  • Trois morceaux for piano
  • Kwartet smyczkowy no.2 in F minor
  • Kwartet smyczkowy nr 3 D major
  • Chansons libres for piano
  • Six pièces op. For piano
  • Trois pièces for violin and piano
  • Quatre idylles for piano
  • Immortelles for piano
  • Polonez in B flat major for orchestra
  • Par une nuit de printemps for piano
  • Polonica "Oberki" for piano
  • Polonica "Krakowiaki" for piano
  • Polonica "Mazurki" for piano
  • Fantazja symfoniczna in D minor for orchestra
  • Pièces caractéristiques for piano
  • Deux feuilles d'album for violin and piano
  • Toccata in A major for piano
  • Deux pièces for violin and piano
  • Six preludes for piano
  • Kwartet smyczkowy nr 4 in E flat major
  • Kwartet smyczkowy no.5 in E minor
  • Kwartet smyczkowy nr 6 in E minor
  • Dumka in A minor for violin and piano
  • The black rider , ballad
  • Filenis , Opera in three acts, 1897
  • Maria , opera in three acts, 1903-04

Discography

  • 2005: Piano Works vol. 1 - Acte Préalable AP0126 [1]
  • 2008: Piano Works vol. 2 - Acte Préalable AP0176 [2]

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personal data
SURNAME Statkowski, Roman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Kalisz
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1925
Place of death Warsaw