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Witold Maliszewski (Russian: Витольд Осипович Малишевский, Ukrainian: Вітольд Йосифович Малішевський; 20 July 1873 – 18 July 1939[1]) was a Polish composer, founder of Odessa Conservatory, and a professor of Warsaw Conservatory.[2][3]

Biography

Maliszewski was born in Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Russian Empire (now Ukraine). He graduated from Saint Petersburg Conservatory, in the class of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.[4] He was a member of Belyayev circle. In 1913 he became a founder and the first director of the Odessa Conservatory, which gave the world a number of outstanding musicians, such as David Oistrakh, Emil Gilels and Yakov Zak.

After the Russian revolution, because of the imminent threat of Bolshevik persecution, Maliszewski immigrated to Poland in 1921. In 1925–1927 he was teaching at the Chopin Music School and was the Director of the Warsaw Music Society. In 1927 he served as Chairman of the First International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition. From 1931 to 1934 Maliszewski was the Director of the Music Department at the Polish Ministry of Education. From 1931 to 1939 he was a Professor at the Warsaw Conservatory. He died in Zalesie near Warsaw.

Maliszewski's symphonic works were largely shaped by Russian musical traditions. His symphonies belong to the non-programmatic (Glazunov's) type, and only the Fourth symphony in D Major op. 21 contain elements of Polish dances.[3][5]

In the Soviet Union, Maliszewski's name was prohibited, and in 1950 the conservatory which he founded in Odessa was renamed after Antonina Nezhdanova, who had no links with the institution.[6]

His students included Witold Lutosławski, Mykola Vilinsky, Shimon Shteynberg, Boleslaw Woytowicz, Feliks Roderyk Łabuński, Feliks Rybicki.

Selected works

Stage

• Syrena (The Mermaid), Opera-Ballet in 4 acts, Op. 24; libretto by Ludomir Michał Rogowski (1927)
• Boruta, Ballet (1929)

Orchestral

• Symphony No. 1 in G minor, Op. 8 (1902)
• Joyful Overture (Ouverture joyeuse; Fröhliche Ouverture) in D major, Op. 11 (1910)
• Symphony No. 2 in A major, Op. 12 (1912)
• Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 14 (1907?)
• Symphony No. 4 in D major, Op. 21, Odrodzonej i odnalezionej ojczyźnie (To the newborn and recovered homeland) (1925)[5][7]

Concertante

• Fantazja kujawska (Kuyavian Fantasy) for piano and orchestra (1928)[8]
• Concerto in B♭ minor for piano and orchestra, Op. 29 (1938)

Chamber music

• Sonata for violin and piano, Op. 1 (1900)
• String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 2 (1902)
• Quintet in D minor for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos, Op. 3 (1904)
• String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 6 (1905)
• String Quartet No. 3 in E♭ major, Op. 15 (1914)
• Quatre morceaux for violin & piano, Op. 20 (1923)

Piano

• Six Piano Pieces, Op. 4 (1904)
• Prélude et fugue fantastiques in B♭ minor, Op. 16 (1913)

Choral

• Requiem (1930)
• Missa Pontificalis (1930)

Discographie

Archive recordings

• 1952 : Fantazja kujawska (Wladyslaw Kedra, Polish Radio Orchestra of Bydgoszcz, cond. Arnold Rezler)
• 1959 : Piano Concerto (Jakub Kalecki, Jerzy Gert)
• Piano Concerto (Andrzej Stefański, Polish Radio National SO)

Commercial recordings

• 2014 : Works for Violin and Piano – Acte Préalable AP0285
• 2014 : Chamber Music vol. 1 – Acte Préalable AP0327
• 2015 : Complete Works for Piano – Acte Préalable AP0320
• 2017 : Chamber Music vol. 2 – Acte Préalable AP0376

References

• Wrocki E., W. Maliszewski, Warszawa, 1932.
• Valentyna Nazarenko, Ukrainian page of Maestro Maliszewski. "Day" Newspaper, No. 143, August 15, 2009 (translated from Ukrainian)
• Nazarenko, V.I., Vilinsky, Yu. S., Volosatykh, O. Yu. Witold Maliszewski in the musical life of Ukraine

and Poland. Chasopys of the Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music of Ukraine. - 2019. - № 2. P. 20-48.

Notes

External links

• Witold Maliszewski ^{[unreliable source?]}
• Free scores by Witold Maliszewski at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
• Witold Maliszewski (1873–1939) : Joyful Overture (c. 1902) on YouTube
• Witold Maliszewski – piano concerto Op.27 on YouTube^{[dead link]}
• Maliszewski – Symphony No. 1 (1902) on YouTube
• Witold Maliszewski: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 14 on YouTube
• Scores by Witold Maliszewski in digital library Polona

На других языках

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[de] Witold Maliszewski

Witold Maliszewski (* 8. Juli 1873 in Mohyliw-Podilskyj; † 18. Juli 1939 in Zalesie, Stare Babice) war ein polnischer Komponist und Musikpädagoge.

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- [en] Witold Maliszewski

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[ru] Малишевский, Витольд Осипович

Ви́тольд О́сипович (Иосифович) Малише́вский (польск. Witold Maliszewski; 20 июля 1873, Могилев-Подольский, Российская империя, в наст. время Украина — 18 июля 1939, Залесье, ныне гмина Старе-Бабице, Польша) — польский[1] композитор, музыкальный педагог.

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