Name Stanislaw Wiechowicz | Role Composer | |
Died May 12, 1963, Krakow, Poland |
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Stanislaw Wiechowicz (27 November 1893 – 12 May 1963) was a Polish composer, music conductor, music educator and music critic.
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Biography
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Stanislaw Wiechowicz was born in Kroszyce, near Kielce, Poland. He studied organ at the Conservatory of Music in Kraków and composition at the Institut Jaques-Dalcroze near Dresden. He continued his studies at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, but his education was interrupted by military service. After demobilization, he worked from 1921-1939 as a music teacher and choral conductor in Poznań. From 1926-1927 he continued his musical studies at Schola Cantorum in Paris. From 1920-1926 and from 1930-1939, he was a professor at the Conservatory in Poznań. After 1945, Wiechowicz held the Composition Chair at the State Higher School of Music (now the Academy of Music) in Kraków. Wiechowicz authored a number of works on vocal pedagogy, and wrote for publications including Przegląd Muzyczny and Muzyka Polska. He received a number of composition prizes, and was awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland in 1952.
Wiechowicz married Valentina Szaposznikow, and during World War II, he worked as a lawyer. He died in Kraków.
Works
Wiechowicz was a prominent composer of choral music, and often drew inspiration from Polish folk music. Selected works include: