Klarinet Archive - Posting 000816.txt from 1995/10

From: Alan Stanek <STANALAN@-----.EDU>
Subj: Szalowski SONATINA
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 19:33:47 -0400

MarkDaddyGreeley and others:

It's good to hear someone is again playing this wonderful piece. It has been
out of print for some time but is now available from Chester. In fact, it is
one of the pieces on the International Clarinet Association's Young Artist
Competition to held this summer in Paris. (The other works are the first
movement of Mozarts' CONCERTO IN A, K622, and Charles Whittenberg's THREE
PIECES FOR CLARINET ALONE, OP. 29 (Movements 1 and 2 only) published by
McGinnis and Marx). I'll indicate more about the Young Artist Competition in
another post

I believe there are some liner notes in the new edition from Chester. I
copied some biographical material from somewhere ?? many years ago when I
first "found" this piece - it was on the audition list for Nebraska
All-State Band/Orchestra clarinet auditions in the late 1960s. Here are my
copied notes:

"Antonio Szalowski, contemporary Polish composer, was born in Warsaw in
1907. He graduated from the Polish National Conservatory of Music in 1930
and shortly thereafter left for Paris where he continued his studies in
composition with Nadia Boulanger until 1936.

The mastery of form and the exceptional clarity of his musical content have
been widely recognized. This is evidenced by the numerous performances of
his works given throughout Europe and America. His compositions have been
included in programs of the International Society of Contempoary Music in
Warsaw (1939) and New York (1941). At the Paris International Exposition in
1937, Szalowski received the "Medaille d'Or" for his symphonic work,
L'OUVERTURE."

>From The NORTON/GROVE CONSISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MUSIC, Edited by Stanley
Sadie, the following:

"(b Warsaw, 21 April 1907; d Paris, 21 March 1973). Polish composer. He was
a pupil of Sikorski at the Warsaw Conservatory and of Boulanger in Paris
(1931-6), where he remained. An outstanding representative of the interwar
Paris school, he composed in an elegant Franco-Polish neo-classical style,
mostly orchestral (Overture, 1939) and chamber pieces."

Hope this information helps. Good luck on your performance!
Alan Stanek, Professor of Music at Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID 83209-8099 e-mail <stanalan@-----.edu>
President-elect - International Clarinet Association

   
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