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Grażyna Bacewicz Biernacka ([ɡraˈʐɨna baˈt͡sɛvit͡ʂ] ; 5 February 1909 – 17 January 1969) was a Polish composer and violinist of Lithuanian origin. She is the second Polish female composer to have achieved national and international recognition, the first being Maria Szymanowska in the early 19th century.
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Music for voice with orchestra Three Arabic Songs, for tenor and orchestra (1938) Olympic Cantata (1948) for choir and orchestra – Mention, Olympic Arts Competition, London, 1948; Polish State Prize, 1948. After the 17th-century comedy by Piotr Baryka. Acropolis, a cantata for choir and orchestra (1964) – commissioned for the 600th anniversary of Jagiellonian University.
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Recordings The Silesian String Quartet's recording of all seven of Bacewicz's string quartets was selected as Gramophone's "Recording of the Month" in August 2016. Richard Bratby writes, "it's difficult not to be convinced that these works constitute an achievement worthy to stand alongside the quartet cycles of Tippett, Britten, Shostakovich and Bartók." The CPO and Chandos labels have both been issuing surveys of her orchestral pieces.
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Bacewicz Page at the Polish Music Center, extended biography and list of works Bacewicz at PWM Edition, biography, discography, bibliography, list of works, concerts Grażyna Bacewicz, Bach Cantatas site James Reel. Grazyna Bacewicz at AllMusic Free scores by Grażyna Bacewicz at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) Profile, Women of Note
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Life Bacewicz was born in Łódź on February 5, 1909 to parents Maria and Vincas (Wicenty) Bacewicz. Her father, having been from Lithuania, instilled a deep connection to their Lithuanian heritage, despite changing his name from the Lithuanian Bacevičius to Bacewicz. He also was her first music teacher, and insisted all four of their children study violin, piano, and fundamental music theory from a young age. Grażyna was the third of four children, with two older brothers, Kiejstut and Vytautas, and one younger sister, Wanda. Vytautas identified as Lithuanian, using his father's original last name (Bacevičius), and also became an accomplished pianist and composer. Grażyna performed her first concert at the age of seven, alongside her brothers, and she wrote her first piece at around thirteen years old. In 1928, she began studying at the Warsaw Conservatory, where she studied violin with Józef Jarzębski and composition with Kazimierz Sikorski; she also studied piano with Józef Turczyński for two semesters. After graduating in 1932, she attended composition classes led by Nadia Boulanger at the École Normale de Musique. During this time, she continued to play violin, and studied with André Touret and Carl Flesch. After completing her studies, Bacewicz continued her…
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Orchestral works Overture (1943) Symphony No. 1 (1945) Symphony for String Orchestra (1946) Concerto for String Orchestra (1948) – Polish State Prize, 1950 Polish Capriccio for violin and orchestra (1949) Symphony No. 2 (1951) Symphony No. 3 (1952) Symphony No. 4 (1953) – Polish Ministry of Culture Prize, 1955 Partita for orchestra (1955) Variations for orchestra (1957) Music for Strings, Trumpets, and Percussion (1958) – Third Prize, Tribune Internationale (UNESCO), Paris 1960 Pensieri notturni, chamber orchestra (1961) Concerto for Symphony Orchestra (1962) Musica sinfonica in tre movimenti (1965) Divertimento, string orchestra (1965) Contradizione for chamber orchestra (1966) – commissioned by Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hanover, New Hampshire In una parte (1967)
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Incidental music, film scores, music for radio broadcast Mazur [Mazurka], orchestra (1944) Farfarello, Róży (1945) O Janku co psom szył buty, incidental music (1945) Szkice ludowe, radio orchestra (1948) Grotesque, orchestra (1949) Waltz, orchestra (1949) Serenade, orchestra (1950?) Wiwat – taniec wielkopolski No. 1, clarinet, string quartet (1950?) Konrad Wallenrod, ilustracja muzyczna 1950) Krakowiak, orchestra (1950) Polish Dance Suite, orchestra (1950) Mazovian Dance for cello and orchestra (1951) Nocturne for violin and orchestra (from Sonata No. 5 for violin and piano) (1951) Music for animated films (1950s) Oberek Noworoczny, orchestra (1952) Z chłopa król [Peasant King], orchestral suite for orchestra (1953?) Tryptych ludowy, choir, orchestra (1954) Nieboskiej Komedii, incidental music (1959) Gile, children's song (1960) Troilus and Cressida, incidental music (1960) Macbeth, incidental music (1960) Marysia i krasnoludki, film score (1960) Sprawa, incidental music (1961) Balladyny, incidental music (1965) Mazepy, incidental music (1965)
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Honours and awards 1933: First prize at the Society of Composers, "Aide aux femmes libres de Professions" in Paris for the Quintet for Wind Instruments 1936: Second Prize at the composition competition of the Society for Polish Music Publishing Trio For Oboe, Violin and Cello, an honorable mention for her Sinfonietta for String Orchestra 1948: Honourable Mention in the Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics for her "Olympic Games Cantata." 1949: Second prize (no first awarded) in the Composition Competition. Frederick Chopin, organized by the Polish Composers' Union in Warsaw for the Piano Concerto 1951: First Prize at the International Composition Competition in Liege for String Quartet No. 4 1956 Second Prize at the International Composition Competition in Liege for String Quartet No. 5 1960: III deposit at the International Rostrum of Composers in Paris for Music for strings, trumpet and percussion 1965: Prize of the Belgian Government and the gold medal at the International Competition for Composers in Brussels for Violin Concerto No. 7 In addition, Bacewicz received awards for lifetime achievement. These included the Order of the Banner of Work Class II (1949) and class I (1959), Order of Polonia Restituta Cavalier (1953) and Commander's Cross (1955),…
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Sources Anon. 2014. "Grażyna Bacewicz". Culture.pl website (accessed 27 May 2015). Anon. 2011. Inlay note to Chandos recording of Violin Concertos 2, 4, & 5, CHAN 10673. OCLC 756272571. Bacewicz, Grażyna. n.d. "Letters of Grażyna Bacewicz and Vytautas Bacevičius (1945–1969; part I): Letters of Grażyna Bacewicz to Vytautas Bacevičius", edited by Małgorzata Janicka-Słysz, English translation by Jan Rybicki. University of Leipzig website (accessed 21 April 2016). Lein, Ed. 2008. "Monday, December 8 @ 6:15 pm: Polish Music for Violin and Piano". music@main (Jacksonville, Florida Public Library) blogspot (accessed 27 May 2015. Nevermann-Körting, Uta (29 March 2006). "Grazyna Bacewicz". Musikvermittlung und Genderforschung: Lexikon und multimediale Präsentationen. Translated by Nancy Schumann. Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. Retrieved 22 March 2021. "Grażyna Bacewicz". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 August 2020. Thomas, Adrian. 2001. "Bacewicz, Grażyna". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan (subscription, Wikilibrary access, or UK public library membership required).
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Grażyna Bacewicz Biernacka ([ɡraˈʐɨna baˈt͡sɛvit͡ʂ] ; 5 February 1909 – 17 January 1969) was a Polish composer and violinist of Lithuanian origin. She is the second Polish female composer to have achieved national and international recognition, the first being Maria Szymanowska in the early 19th century.
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Compositions Many of her compositions feature the violin. Among them are seven violin concertos, five sonatas for violin with piano, three for violin solo (including an early, unnumbered one from 1929), a Quartet for four violins, seven string quartets, and two piano quintets. Her orchestral works include four numbered symphonies (1945, 1951, 1952, and 1953), a Symphony for Strings (1946), and two early symphonies, now lost.
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Works for solo instruments Four Preludes for piano (1924) Sonata (for solo violin) (1929) – early work, no number Children's Suite for piano (1933) 3 Groteski for piano (1935) Sonata for violin (1941) – premiered at an underground concert in Warsaw Polish Capriccio for solo violin (1949) Piano Sonata No. 1 (1949) (published in 2022 by PWM) Capriccio No. 2 for solo violin (1952) Piano Sonata No. 2 (premiered 1953) Rondino for piano (1953) Two Etudes in Double Notes for piano (1955) Sonatina for piano (1955) 10 Concert Etudes for Piano (1956) Sonata No. 2 (for solo violin) (1958) Mały tryptyk [Little Triptych] for piano (1965) Esquisse for organ (1966) Rybki [Fish] for piano (1967) 4 Capriccios for violin (also trans. for viola) (1968)
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Chamber music Quintet for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn (1932) – First Prize in the Concours de la Société "Aide aux femmes de professions libres", Paris, 1933 Variations on a Lithuanian Folksong for violin and piano (1934) Trio for oboe, violin and cello (1935) Sonata for oboe and piano (1937) String Quartet No. 1 (1938) String Quartet No. 2 (1942) Suite for two violins (1943) – premiere at an underground concert in Warsaw Sonata da camera, violin and piano (1945) Andante sostenuto (4th mov't of Sonata da camera for cello (or violin) and organ)(1946) Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano (1946) Capriccio for Violin and Piano (1946) Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano (1947) String Quartet No. 3 (1947) – Polish Ministry of Culture Award, 1955 Polish Dance for violin and piano (1948) Trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1948) Polish Capriccio for clarinet and piano (1949, trans. 1954) Melody and Capriccio for violin and piano (1949) Sonata No. 4 for violin and piano (1949) Quartet for 4 violins (1949) Oberek No. 1 for violin and piano (1949) String Quartet No. 4 (1951) – First Prize, Concours International pour Quatuor a Cordes, Liège, 1951 Oberek No. 2…
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Concertos Violin Concerto No. 1 for Violin and Orchestra (1937) Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra (1945) Concerto No. 3 for Violin and Orchestra (1948) – Polish Ministry of Culture Award, 1955 Concerto No. 4 for Violin and Orchestra (1951) Concerto No. 5 for Violin and Orchestra (1954) Concerto No. 6 for Violin and Orchestra (1957) – unpublished and never performed [UPDATE: Premiere performance 7 December 2019, Bartłomiej Nizioł, violin; Christoph König, conductor; Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra / Orkiestra Filharmonii Narodowej. Source: Video on YouTube] Concerto No. 7 for Violin and Orchestra (1965) – Belgian Government Prize, Gold Medal – Concours Musical International Reine Elisabeth de Belgique, Brussels, 1965 Viola Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1968) Cello Concerto No. 1 for Cello and Orchestra (1951) Concerto No. 2 for Cello and Orchestra (1963) Piano Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1949) – Second prize, Chopin Composition Competition, Warsaw, 1949 Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1966)