Boleslaw Szczeniowski
Boleslaw Szczeniowski | |
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| Born | 20 July 1898 |
| Died | 1985 |
| Nationality | Polish-Canadian |
| Education | Lviv Polytechnic |
| Occupation(s) | aeronautical engineer,composer |
Boleslaw Szczeniowski (20 July 1898 – 1985) was a Canadian aeronautical engineer and composer of Polish descent. A graduate of the school of engineering at Lviv Polytechnic, Szczeniowski made a living as an engineer in Montréal. He published two books: Theory of the siphon jet (published by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1955) and Theoretical analysis of combustion gases (Montreal, 1946).
As a composer and musician, Szczeniowski was largely self-taught. He composed a significant amount of vocal music and works for solo piano and a small amount of chamber music.
Compositions
[edit]Symphonic
[edit]- Rustic Dance
Vocal music
[edit]- 1954 The rainbow, - text: Marja Konopnicka
- 1954 Will-o'the wisp, - text: Hanna Gross
- 1955 Entends tu…/ Do you hear…, text: Mario Gross
- 1955 Les tenebres/Dusk, - text: Mario Gross
- 1955 Mon chant, - text: Mario Gress
- 1955 Poranek/Morning, - text: Marja Konopnicka
- 1956 Poeme, - text: Marc Gelinas
- 1956 Little Jack Horner
- 1958 La lune dans l'eau, - textt: Wilfrid Lemoine
- 1958 Le petit lapin de la lune, - text: Cecile Duchene
- 1958 Pierrot, - text: Wilfrid Lemoine
- 1959 A poor young Sheppard - text: Paul Verlaine
- 1959 Un grand sommeil noir, - text: Paul Verlaine
- 1960 The house of the hill, - text: Edwin Arlington Robinson
- 1961 Song for the rainy season, - text: Elizabeth Bishop
- 1977 To the dog howling in the middle of the street, - text: Kazimierz Wierzynski
- Ashes - text: Kazimierz Wierzynski
- A door is closing - text: Hanna Gross
- A la clair fountaine
- A little love story/Un petit amour - text: Beata Obertynska
- Chanson des ivrognes, slow-boggie - text: Mario Gross
- Le ciel est par-dessus, text: Paul Verlaine
- Drinking song
- Fall, tekst: Hanna Gross
- Gra w lisa, Foxy - text: Marja Konopnicka
- Je voulais te dire
- Little rain, text: Marja Konopnicka
- Popiot, Ashes-Cendres - text: Kazimierz Wierzynski
- Rues desertes/Deserted streets, - text: Mario Gross
- To sleep, darling/Oj, usnij, - text: Marja Konopnicka
- Swialton, light-lumiere - text: Kazimierz Wierzynski
- Vision/Wizja, - text: Marja Konopnicka
- What lips my lips have kissed, - text: Edna St. Vincent Millay
- What should I sing you/A co wam spiewac, - text: Marja Konopnicka
- Winter ballad - text: Hanna Gross
Chamber music
[edit]- String Quartet No. 1 (1956)
- String Quartet No. 2 (1962)
Piano works
[edit]- 1976 The Gentle Wind
- Seven Etudes
- For seconds - Allegro
- For thirds - Allegro
- For fourths - Andante
- For fifths - Andantino
- For sixths - Allegretto
- For sevenths - Andante
- For octaves - Largo
- Pieces
- Prélude
- Rite sauvage
- L'aube au Lac Noir
- Le caribou mourant
- Thème russe
- Thème ibérique
- Promenade aux chutes Darwin
- Le vent
- Le ruisseau
- Le moulin
- Labourage
- Songe
- La pluie
- Automne
- Une fontaine
- Une prière
- La course
- Le retour
- Une barque
- La nuit
- Thème polonais
- Le renard
- Berceuse
- Berceau
- Les hirondelles
- Été
Sources
[edit]- Ronald Napier: A Guide to Canada's composers, Willowdale, Ontario: Avondale Press, 1973, p. 50
- Storm Bull: Index to biographies of contemporary composers - Vol. II, Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1974, 567 p.
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