Zbigniew Wiszniewski
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Zbigniew Wiszniewski (born July 30, 1922 in Lviv, † October 11, 1999 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish composer and music educator.
From 1946 to 1951, Wiszniewski studied music theory and composition with Kazimierz Sikorski and viola with Mieczysław Szaleski at the Łódź Music Academy. From 1948 to 1957 he worked as a violist, and he would join the orchestra of the Polish Dance Ensemble in 1955. In 1954 he began teaching at the State School of Music, before becoming a professor at the Warsaw University of Music between 1979 and 1988 and from 1993 onwards.
He was the music editor at the Polish Radio in Warsaw during two periods: 1957-1966 and 1968-1985. Between 1957 and 1962 he also worked in its experimental studio. From 1966 to 1968 he worked as an editor at B. Schott's Söhne in Mainz, where he edited the supplementary volumes of the Riemann music lexicon. From 1982 to 1984 he was an editor at Poradnik Muzyczny magazine. He was a co-founder of the Polish Violin Makers Association and wrote a theoretical paper on the assessment of the instruments.
Wiszniewski has received numerous awards as a composer, including the Prix Italia Prize from Radiotelevisione Italiana for the Radiooper Neffru (1959), the Prize of the Première Semaine Chrétienne Internationale de TV in Monaca for the TV Oratorio Genesis and the Golden Microphone (Złoty Microphone) for his outstanding ones creative performances in Polish radio.
Works
- Kwartet smyczkowy nr 1 (1952)
- Neffru , radio opera (1958-59)
- Ad hominem , ballet for mixed choir and orchestra (1962)
- Trio for oboe, harp and viola (1963)
- Sonata for solo violin (1963)
- Tre pezzi della tradizione for mixed choir and orchestra (1964)
- Chamber music nr 1 for oboe, oboe d'amore, cor anglais and bassoon (1965–67)
- Tristia quattro pezzi da camera for eight instruments (1965)
- Tre intermezzi per arpa sola (1965)
- Chamber music nr 2 for ten instruments (1966)
- Chamber music nr 3 (cadences for percussion) (1966)
- Duo per flauto e viola (1966)
- Triptych for orchestra (1967)
- Genesis , TV Oratorio for Baritone, Actors, Choir and Orchestra (1967)
- Concerto for clarinet and strings (1968-70)
- Bracia , television oratorio for actors, male choir and orchestra (1970-72)
- Sickle missed hours , cantata for choir and orchestra (1971)
- Pater noster , radio opera (1971-74)
- Chamber music nr 4 for ten instruments (1972–73)
- Quartetto per flauto, corno, pianoforte e contrabbasso (1972)
- Ad if , radio opera (1973)
- Sonata per violoncello solo (1977)
- Duo for Flute and Horn (1977)
- Duo for bass tuba and percussion (1981)
- Duo for alto saxophone and marimba (1982)
- Waiting for four violinists (1982)
- Rhapsodia for violin and harp (1982)
- Duo for alto saxophone and violoncello (1983)
- Kwintet for oboe, bassoon, violin, viola and cello (1984)
- Duo for accordion and guitar (1984)
- Trio for alto saxophone in Eb, accordion and percussion (1985)
- Duo for trumpet and bass tuba (1985)
- Ballada for mandolin and celtic harp (1985)
- For harpsichord (1985)
- For organ (1986)
- Sinfonia da camera for strings (1987)
- Koncert skrzypcowy (violin concerto) (1987)
- Trio for viola d'amore, accordion and organ (1987)
- Trigonos for two accordions and organ (1987)
- Waits for Lute, Percussion, Pommer and Krummhorn (1987)
- Concertante for oboe, harpsichord and strings (1987)
- Ballade de Villon de la Grosse Margot for baritone, choir and five instruments (1988)
- Duo for 2 cellos (1988)
- Pro organo (1988)
- Trio for flute, harpsichord and violoncello (1988)
- Koncert podwójny for trumpet, accordion and orchestra (1989)
- Sonata for oboe solo (1989)
- Duo for accordion and trombone (1990)
- Kwartet smyczkowy nr 2 (1990)
- Canon for choir and instruments (1992)
- Sonata for viola d'amore (1992)