Tomasz Kiesewetter

Tomasz Kiesewetter (born September 8, 1911 in Sosnowiec , † November 29, 1992 in Łódź ) was a Polish composer, conductor and music teacher.

Kiesewetter studied composition with Piotr Rytel , piano with Walerian Bierdiajew and conducting with Margerita Trombini-Kazuro at the Warsaw Conservatory until 1936 . Then he was Bierdiajew's assistant until 1938. In 1938 he completed a conducting course at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. 1938-39 he was director of the Stanisław Moniuszko Choir. He has performed as a conductor of symphonic concerts in Warsaw, Krakow, Vilnius, Berlin and Stockholm.

During the time of the German occupation, Kiesewetter was involved in the Polish resistance movement. After the war he taught at the State Conservatory of Music in Łódź and from 1959 taught composition, conducting, orchestration and reading scores there as a professor. In addition, from 1945 to 1970 he conducted the Łódź Symphony and Radio Orchestra and the Conservatory's student orchestra and was chairman of the Łódź branch of the Polish Composers' Association.

With his compositions, Kiesewetter has won several music festivals. In 1954 he received the Golden Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland , in 1964 the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and in 1985 the Banner of First Class Labor .

Works

Menuetto for small symphony orchestra (1933)

Kwartet smyczkowy nr 1 in D major (1933)

Fugue for organ (1934)

Concerto grosso for orchestra (1934)

Tempo di marcia for symphony orchestra (1934)

Przygody żeglarza Sindbada , symphonic poem (1936)

Stabat Mater , oratorio for soprano, female choir and organ (1944)

Suita nr 1 "Tańce polskie" , version 1 for symphony orchestra (1947)

Symfonia nr 1 in B flat major (1948)

Trzy pieśni w stylu ludowym for voice and piano (1949)

Krzesany w stylu góralskim for orchestra (1949)

Walc for orchestra (1949)

Concert for viola and orchestra in D major (1950)

Suita nr 2 "Suita taneczna" for symphony orchestra (1950)

Suita nr 3 "Suita w stylu dawnych baletów" for small symphony orchestra (1951)

Kwintet for wind instruments in B flat major (1951)

Uwertura olimpijska for orchestra (1952)

Symfonia nr 2 D major (1952)

Suita nr 1 "Tańce polskie" Version 2 for large wind orchestra (1952)

Trzy mazurki for piano (1953)

Suita nr 4 "Notatki z podróży" for orchestra na orkiestrę (1953)

Kwartet smyczkowy no.2 in C major (1953)

Stańczyk (Królewski błazen) , ballet (1954)

Igraszki z diabłem , Polka for small symphony orchestra (1955)

Suita nr 1 "Tańce polskie" version 3 for mandolin orchestra (1955)

Wesoły tramwajarz , gallop for orchestra (1957)

Symfonia nr 3 (1958)

Sonatina for piano (1959)

Espana for piano and symphony orchestra (1960)

Caballero, ole! for symphony orchestra (1960)

Suita nr 5 "Zagłoba Swatem" for orchestra (1961)

Concert "w dawnym stylu" for organ and string orchestra (1961)

Bal samotnych , operetta (1963)

Porwanie , musical theater in the old style based on ballads by Antoni Edward Odyniec (1964)

Suita nr 6 "Cyrk" for large symphony orchestra (1966)

Bajka o żołnierzu tułaczu , Overture for wind orchestra (1967)

Tryptyk for baritone or medium voice and orchestra or piano (1968)

Sonatina for clarinet and piano (1968)

Baśń o szklanej górze , overture for four accordions, double bass and percussion (1968)

Siedem strof o słowikach for mixed choir (1968)

Orkiestro, zaśpiewaj o sobie , cantata for soloists, mixed choir and large symphony orchestra (1969)

L'Improvisatione for harp (1970)

Nocturn for large wind orchestra (1970)

Opowieść o dziurawym bębnie , Overture for orchestra (1971)

Concert organowy nr 2 (1979)

Messa a quatro tromboni (1984)

"Mozartowski" , cello concerto (1991)

Preludium i toccata in C major for organ (1991)

Suite des danses excentriques for two pianos (1992)

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personal data
SURNAME	Kiesewetter, Tomasz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish composer, conductor and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	September 8, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sosnowiec
DATE OF DEATH	November 29, 1992
Place of death	Łódź