Jadwiga Sarnecka Explained

Jadwiga Sarnecka (1877 or 1883 – 29 December 1913)^{[1] [2]} was a Polish composer and pianist whose composition Ballade for piano won second place in a 1910 competition in Lviv (today in Ukraine) commemorating Chopin’s centenary. She also composed works for voice and piano.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Biography

Sarnecka was born in Slavuta, Volhynia (today in Ukraine). She studied piano with Felicjan Szopski and Władysław Żeleński in Krakow, Poland; Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski and Aleksander Michalowski in Warsaw; and Theodor Leschetizky in Vienna. She presented piano recitals throughout Austria, Germany and Poland.^[8]

Sarnecka’s compositions were not always favorably reviewed. She self-published her initial works. Arts patron Feliks Jasienski (pseudonym “Manggha”) (1861-1929) funded the publication of subsequent works. Eventually, Sarnecka’s compositions received favorable reviews from Polish music critics Adolf Chybinski, Zdzislaw Jachimecki, and Jozef Wladyslaw Reiss, and A. Piwarski & Company began publishing them. After winning second prize at the Lwów (Lviv) competition in 1910, Sarnecka was the only woman asked to present a paper at the first Congress of Polish Musicians later that year. She wrote about Creativity vs Virtuosity in Musical Composition.^{[9] [10]}

Sarnecka died from tuberculosis in Krakow in 1913. Her work has been recorded commercially by Marek Szlezer on the DUX Records label.^[11] Her music is currently published by Polish Music Editions.^[12] Her compositions include:

Piano

• Cinq Morceaux, opus 7^[13]
• Etude in f minor
• Fantasia
• Four Impressions, opus^[14]
• Intermezzo
• Miniatures
• Seven Ballads
• Sonata No. 1, opus 9
• Sonata No. 2
• Thirteen Impressions
• Two Studies
• Variations

Vocal

• "Lux in Tenebris" (text by Sarnecka; dedicated to Helene de Galezowska)
• Song (text by Zygmunt Krasiński)
• "Szumny wichrze gluchych pol" (alternate title: Vent qui cours la plaine; text by Lucjan Rydel; dedicated to Count Henryk Tyszkiewicz)^[15]
• "Tenebrae" (text by Sarnecka; dedicated to Mademoiselle la Baronne Casimire Blazowska)

External links

• Hear compositions by Jadwiga Sarnecka
• Download free sheet music by Jadwiga Sarnecka

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jadwiga Sarnecka . 2023-07-13 . Presto Music . en.
2. Web site: Sarnecka, Jadwiga femalecomposers.org . 2023-07-13 . femalecomposers.org.
3. Book: Cohen, Aaron I. . International encyclopedia of women composers. 2: Sai - Zyb, Appendices . 1987 . Books & Music . 978-0-9617485-1-7 . 2. ed., revised and enl . New York . 618.
4. Web site: PWM -Kompozytorzy I Autorzy, Jadwiga Sarnecka, Biography . 2023-07-13 . pwm.com.pl.
5. Web site: 2022-04-25 . Sarnecka Jadwiga - Polish Women Composers . 2023-07-13 . en-GB.
6. Book: Stewart-Green, Miriam . Women composers: A checklist of works for the solo voice . 1980 . Hall . 978-0-8161-8498-9 . A reference publication in women's studies . Boston, Mass . 114.
7. Book: Wier, Albert E. . The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians . The Macmillan Company . 1938 . New York . 1643.
8. Book: Hull, Arthur Eaglefield . A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians . 1924 . J. M. Dent & sons, Limited . en.
9. Web site: Ténèbrae (Sarnecka, Jadwiga) . 2023-07-13 . imslp.org.
10. Book: Trochimczyk, Maja . A Romantic Century in Polish Music . 2009-12-09 . Lulu.com . 978-0-9819693-3-6 . en.
11. Web site: JADWIGA SARNECKA (1877 or 1883-1913): Piano Sonata in E Flat Minor, Op. 9, Etude in F Minor "Quasi un dolore", 4 impressions, Op. 12, Impression, Impression, Ballade No. 4. - Records International . 2023-07-13 . www.recordsinternational.com.
12. Web site: Marek Szlezer .
13. Web site: Sarnecka, Jadwiga . 2023-07-13 . Pianorarescores . en-US.
14. Web site: Sarnecka . Jadwiga . Jadwiga Sarnecka . 2023-07-13 . www.youtube.com.
15. Web site: Szumny wichrze głuchych pól (Sarnecka, Jadwiga) . 2023-07-13 . imslp.org.