Name Marcin Mielczewski Role Composer | Books Opera Omnia | |
Died September 1651, Warsaw, Poland | ||
Polska muzyka barokowa mielczewski canzona secunda a due polish baroque music dawna warszawa
Marcin Mielczewski (c. 1600 – September 1651) was, together with his tutor Franciszek Lilius and Bartłomiej Pękiel, among the most notable Polish composers in the 17th century.
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- Polska muzyka barokowa mielczewski canzona secunda a due polish baroque music dawna warszawa
- Marcin mielczewski behind the scenes at the recording sessions
- Masses
- Selected recordings
- References
By 1632 he was a composer and musician in the royal chapel in Warsaw. In 1645 he became director of music to Charles Ferdinand Vasa, the brother of King Władysław IV. Mielczewski died in Warsaw in September 1651.
His known works are largely in the concertato style, and Szweykowski suggests that the way "in which the words are given full expression" means he is likely to have composed secular vocal works in addition to the surviving sacred corpus. In his mass O glorioso domina and one of his instrumental canzonas, Mielczewski quotes popular Polish tunes; the latter is notable for being the earliest documented use of the mazurka in classical music.