Stanisław Moniuszko
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Stanisław Moniuszko (Polish pronunciation: [stãˈɲiswaf mɔ̃ˈɲuʃkɔ]; May 5, 1819, Ubiel, Minsk Governorate – June 4, 1872, Warsaw, Congress Poland) was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. He wrote many popular art songs and operas, and his music is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (predominantly the Poles, Lithuanians and Belarusians).[1] Since the 1990s Stanisław Moniuszko is being recognized in Belarus as an important figure of Belarusian culture.[2] Moniuszko's operas are regularly performed at the Belarusian National Opera. There is a Museum of Stanisław Moniuszko.[3]
He is generally referred to as "the father of Polish national opera".[4]
Works
Moniuszko's series of twelve song books is also notable, containing songs to the words of Adam Mickiewicz, Antoni Edward Odyniec, and Józef Ignacy Kraszewski.
An English version of Straszny dwór (The Haunted Manor) was created and premiered by the student operatic society at Bristol university in 1970; this version has been performed since, specifically in 2001 by Opera South, which company also presented the world premiere of a specially created new English version of Verbum Nobile in 2002.
References
- ^ Аляксей Хадыка [Alexey Khadyka] (22 May 2009). "Станіслаў Манюшка — паляк, літвін..." [Stanislaw Moniuszko – Pole and Lithuanian] (in Belarusian). Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved 2013-01-20. NovyChas.org, Culture. Retrieved from the Internet Archive, February 18, 2013.
- ^ "Праправнучка Станислава Монюшко: 'В Минске должен появиться памятник композитору' " [Great-great-granddaughter of Stanisław Moniuszko: 'A monument to the composer should appear in Minsk'] by Кастусь Лашкевич [Kastus Lashkevich], 19 Oktober 2009, Tut.By (in Belarusian)
- ^ Stanisław Moniuszko Museum, Belarus
- ^ http://www.poland.us/strona,13,4021,0,stanislaw-moniuszko-ojciec-polskiej-opery.html
External links
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- Free scores by Stanisław Moniuszko at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Free scores by Stanisław Moniuszko in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- List of works, lieder.net
- "Stanisław Moniuszko", biography, list of works, Polish Music Center, University of Southern California
- How Family Shaped the Father of Polish Opera
- The Lesser Known Faces of Stanisław Moniuszko
- "Opera: Moniuszko's Haunted Castle" by Bernard Holland, The New York Times, 23 April 1986
- Sound examples and discussion of String Quartet No. 1 and No. 2, editionsilvertrust.com
- 1819 births
- 1872 deaths
- People from Chervyen District
- People from Igumensky Uyezd
- Belarusian composers
- Male opera composers
- Polish classical composers
- Polish classical organists
- Male organists
- Polish conductors (music)
- Male conductors (music)
- Polish male classical composers
- Polish opera composers
- Polish people of Armenian descent
- Polish Romantic composers
- 19th-century classical composers
- 19th-century conductors (music)
- 19th-century organists
- 19th-century male musicians
- Chopin University of Music faculty
- Burials at Powązki Cemetery