Wawrzyniec Żuławski

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Wawrzyniec Żuławski (born February 14, 1916 in Warsaw , † August 18, 1957 at Mont Blanc ) was a Polish composer .

He was the son of the writer Jerzy Żuławski . His works belong to the direction of modern music, which is based on old stylistic devices. Catchy melodies, rhythmic and harmonic simplicity and a classic shape with little originality but a clean compositional structure shaped his style. From 1945 to 1949 he was a professor at the Conservatory in Łódź ; In 1950 he went to Warsaw. Żuławski was an avid alpinist and died in an avalanche accident on Mont Blanc.

Works

  • Piano quintet (1943)
  • Trio for flute, clarinet, bassoon (alternatively 2 clarinets, bassoon)
  • Theme with variations
  • Old style suite
  • well ork. - 4 Kolędy pol. (1947)
  • Suita hiszp. (1957)
  • Piano Trio (1950)
  • Sonata skrzypc. (1952)
  • Partita (1941)
  • 3 Utwory (1950)
  • 4 Mazurki (1952)
  • Wierchowe nuty na chór i skrzypce solo (1955)
  • Works for piano solo

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