Lucja Rucinska Explained

Lucja Miller Rucinska (1817, 1818, or 1820 - 6 August 1882)^{[1] [2] [3]} was a Polish composer and pianist who lived in Ukraine for many years. She published and performed under the name Lucja Rucinska.^[4]

Rucinska’s father was the Polish lawyer Ignacy Miller. She married the poet and dissident Justynian Rucinski on 4 May 1838. That September, Justynian was arrested in Kiev. He was deported to Siberia in February 1839, and ultimately spent 25 years in exile from Poland. In 1842 he and Rucinska moved to Turin, Italy, where she gave music and dance lessons to help support the family.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Rucinska later lived in Zytomierz, Ukraine, for many years, where she accompanied the violinist Andrzej Janowicz and taught piano. Her students included Juliusz Zarebski.^[9]

In 1852, Rucinska edited A Musical Album for the Piano which was published in St. Petersburg, Russia. It contained 18 compositions, including her own, as well as works by the composers Dobrzyński (Ignacy Dobrzyński or his sons), Kazimierz Lubomirski (1813-1871), Stanislaw Moniuszko, and Maria Szymanowska, among others. During the 1860s, Rucinska returned to Zytomierz.

Rucinska’s works, all for piano, were published by Gebethner. Her publications included:

• A Musical Album for the Piano
• Mazurka
• Polonaise, opus 4
• Souvenir a Mes Amis

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022-09-12 . Rucińska Łucja - Polish Women Composers . 2023-12-29 . en-GB.
2. Book: Muzyka . 1978 . Państwowy Instytut Sztuki . pl.
3. Book: Czyż . Anna Sylwia . Sztuka cmentarzy w XIX i XX wieku . Gutowski . Bartłomiej . 2010 . Wydawn. Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego . 978-83-7072-626-3 . pl.
4. Book: Cohen, Aaron I. . International Encyclopedia of Women Composers . 1987 . Books & Music (USA) . 978-0-313-24272-4 . 604 . en.
5. Trzeciak . Katarzyna . 2019 . Rozwidlone ścieżki polskości. Rec.: Being Poland: A New History of Polish Literature and Culture since 1918. Edited by Tamara Trojanowska, Joanna Niżyńska, Przemysław Czapliński. With the assistance of Agnieszka Polakowska. Toronto–Buffalo–London 2018 . Pamiętnik Literacki . 3 . 248–254 . 10.18318/pl.2019.3.17 . 238108528 . 0031-0514.
6. Book: Bėlza, Igorʹ . Kultura polska XVIII i XIX w. i jej związki z kulturą Rosji: sympozjum, Nieborów, październik 1978 r . 1984 . Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich . 978-83-04-01521-0 . pl.
7. Book: Pełczyński, Grzegorz . Polscy odkrywcy, badacze i eksploratorzy Syberii oraz Azji Środkowej (XIX-początek XX wieku) . 2018 . Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego . 978-83-229-3614-6 . pl.
8. Book: Brus . Anna . Zesłanie i katorga na Syberii w dziejach polaków, 1815-1914 . Kaczyńska . Elżbieta . 1992 . Wydawn. Naukowe PWN . 978-83-01-10894-6 . pl.
9. Urbanowicz . Marta . 2020 . A Collage-Like Work of Music. Aspects of Variation Technique in Maria Szymanowska's Nocturne in B-flat Major . Kwartalnik Młodych Muzykologów UJ . 46 . 3 . 5–20 . 10.4467/23537094KMMUJ.20.034.13907. free .