Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński

Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński

Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński (September 21, 1869 – April 18, 1928) was a Polish composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.

Works

His works include two piano concertos, one in E minor (1892-4) and one in C minor (1898); a violin sonata (1907),^[1] and a piano trio in G minor (probably written 1892-4); a tragedy "Protesilas i Laodamia" (1902, libretto by S. Wyspiański), and a Symphony in C minor.

Recordings

Both piano concertos were recorded in the past on Olympia and on Muza, and in 2007 on Hyperion. The Violin Sonata for Violine in G major, the Dumka for Violin and Piano and the Piano Trio, Op. 2 were recorded by the Warsaw Trio for the AP label.

References

1. ^ MELCER Violin Sonata, Piano Trio AP0111 (JW): Classical CD Reviews- April 2006 MusicWeb-International at www.musicweb-international.com

• Piątkowska-Pinczewska, Katarzyna (2003). Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński : życie i twórczość. Kalisz: Inst. Pedagogiczno-Artystyczny UAM. ISBN 83-913641-6-X. 
• (German) "Dreilaenderkatalog im Gateway Bayern". http://bvba2.bib-bvb.de/aleph-cgi/bvb_auth_guest. Retrieved 2007-01-05. 
• "Library of Congress Catalog". http://catalog.loc.gov. Retrieved 2007-01-05. 
• (Polish) "Melcer Henryk - biography". http://www.info.kalisz.pl/biograf/melcer.htm. Retrieved 2007-01-05. 

External links

• Free scores by Henryk Melcer-Szczawiński at the International Music Score Library Project

Preceded by Zygmunt Noskowski

Music directors, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra 1908–1909

Succeeded by Grzegorz Fitelberg

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Name	Melcer-Szczawinski, Henryk
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Date of birth	1869-09-21
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Date of death	1928-04-18
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