Stefan Stuligrosz
Stefan Stuligrosz (born August 26, 1920 in Posen ; † June 15, 2012 in Puszczykowo near Posen) was a Polish choir conductor, composer and founder of the Poznańskie Słowiki (Poznańskie Słowiki) boys' choir .
Life
From 1931 to 1937 Stefan Stuligrosz attended the St. Maria Magdalena grammar school in Poznan . He then began commercial training until the outbreak of war in 1939. During the war he stayed in Poznan, which was occupied by Germany, and from August 1941 he secretly led the Polish Cathedral Boys Choir, which was previously headed by Father Wacław Gieburowski, who was arrested in 1939 and died in 1943 .
In 1945 he founded the boys and men choir "Poznan Nightingales" and became its conductor and artistic director. From 1950 the choir worked regularly with the Poznan Philharmonic .
Already active as a conductor, he studied musicology at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan until 1951 and attended the State University of Music for two more years . In 1973 he was appointed professor , dean of the singing faculty and from 1967 to 1981 rector of the Poznan Music Academy .
In addition, from 1953 to 1963 he was head of the music department of the Poznan radio station, from 1973 to 1982 president of the art education advisory board of the Ministry of Culture and the Arts and from 1971 to 1990 chairman of the Henryk Wieniawski Music Society in Poznan. He went on many tours abroad with his choir and, in addition to concert appearances, recorded numerous records.
Awards
- 1995: Honorary doctorate from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan
- 2001: ADI ART 2001 statue
- 2002: Honorary doctorate from the Poznan Music Academy
- 2010: Order of the White Eagle
- Grand Cross of the New Year's Order
- Commemorative Medal of
"Ad Perpetuam Rei Memoriam"the Poznan Provincial Government - Commander , Officer and Knight of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Compositions (selection)
Stuligrosz composed over 600 works, mostly sacred choral works to Latin, Polish and German texts, a. a .:
- O matko miłościwa (Mother of Mercy)
- Modlitwa eucharystyczna do słów Jana Pawła II (Eucharistic prayer on the words of John Paul II)
- Missa Brevis (Short Mass)
- Cantate Domino (Sing to the Lord)
- Matko niebieskiego Pana (Mother of the Lord in Heaven)
- Never lękaj się (do not be afraid)
- Let's sing with happiness
- Shout you heavens
- Maria went through a thorn forest
- Alleluja, Zdrowaś Maryjo (Hallelujah, hail Mary)
- Msza Niedzielna (Sunday Mass)
- Missa in honorem Sanctae Faustine (Saint Faustina Mass)
- Gorzkie Żale (Lamentations)
Web links
- Literature by and about Stefan Stuligrosz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Małgorzata Kosińska: Biography , Polish Music Information Center / Polish Composers Association, in English, October 2006
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stuligrosz, Stefan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish choral conductor, composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poses |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 15, 2012 |
| Place of death | Puszczykowo near Poznan |