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Janina Skowronska
Janina Skowronska (February 8, 1920 - 1992) was a Polish composer who is best remembered for her arrangements of folk songs, and for creating ''Little Chopin'', a children’s musical based on the life and works of Frédéric Chopin, Frederic Chopin. Skowronska was born to a Polish family in Germakowka (then in the USSR, now in Ukraine). She studied music at the State Music College in Wroclaw, Poland, and with Tadeusz Szeligowski. She received a diploma in 1961. Skowronska’s compositions included: Chamber *''Theme and Variations'' (string quartet) Orchestra *Symphony Piano *''Preludes'' *''Rondo'' *''Waltz'' Theatre *''Little Chopin'' (for children) Vocal *''Children’s Songs'' *''Drugi Brzeg'' (soprano, oboe, two clarinets and horn) *“Golden Rain” *''Moda Pani Czepca Nie Ma'' (mixed chorus) *''O Wy Corne Kawki'' (folk song; mixed chorus) *''Od Krakowa do Wroclawia'' (folk dance suite; chorus and orchestra) *''Parodie'' (text by W. Mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin (born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin; 1 March 181017 October 1849) was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period, who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era, one whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation". Chopin was born in Żelazowa Wola in the Duchy of Warsaw and grew up in Warsaw, which in 1815 became part of Congress Poland. A child prodigy, he completed his musical education and composed his earlier works in Warsaw before leaving Poland at the age of 20, less than a month before the outbreak of the November 1830 Uprising. At 21, he settled in Paris. Thereafterin the last 18 years of his lifehe gave only 30 public performances, preferring the more intimate atmosphere of the salon. He supported himself by selling his compositions and by giving piano lessons, for which he was in high demand. Chopin formed a fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
