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Janina Skowronska (February 8, 1920 - 1992)[1] was a Polish composer[2][3] 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 Frederic Chopin.[4]

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.[5]

Skowronska’s compositions included:

Chamber

• Theme and Variations (string quartet)[5]

Orchestra

• Symphony[5]

Piano

• Preludes[5]

• Rondo[5]

• Waltz[5]

Theatre

• Little Chopin (for children)[4]

Vocal

• Children’s Songs[6]

• Drugi Brzeg (soprano, oboe, two clarinets and horn)[5]

• “Golden Rain”[7]

• Moda Pani Czepca Nie Ma (mixed chorus)[5]

• O Wy Corne Kawki (folk song; mixed chorus)[5]

• Od Krakowa do Wroclawia (folk dance suite; chorus and orchestra)[5]

• Parodie (text by W. Marianowicz; baritone, soprano, bassoon and string orchestra)[5]

• Pokoju Czas (text by R. Heniszowa; mixed chorus)[5]

• Samotne Drzewa (text by L. Turkowski; mixed chorus)[5]

• Suite of Folk Dances (text by Andrzej Waligórski; orchestra and chorus)[5]

• “Tu Bedziemy” (text by A. Burcia; voice and piano)[5]

• Two Folksongs (soprano and piano)[5]

• U.F.O. (for soprano and eight instruments: clarinet, cello, six percussion)[8]

• Ziemio Moja (mixed chorus)[5]

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