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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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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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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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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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Four Preludes for piano (1924) Sonata (for solo violin) (1929) – early work, no number
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3 Groteski for piano (1935) Sonata for violin (1941) – premiered at an underground concert in Warsaw
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Polish Capriccio for solo violin (1949) Piano Sonata No. 1 (1949) (published in 2022 by PWM) Capriccio No. 2 for solo violin (1952)
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Rondino for piano (1953) Two Etudes in Double Notes for piano (1955)
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10 Concert Etudes for Piano (1956) Sonata No. 2 (for solo violin) (1958) Mały tryptyk [Little Triptych] for piano (1965)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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 for violin and piano (1951) Mazovian Dance for violin and piano (1951) Sonata No. 5 for violin and piano (1951)
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Lullaby for violin and piano (1952) Slavonic Dance for violin and piano (1952)
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Quartet for 4 cellos (1964) Incrustations for horn and chamber ensemble (1965)
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Piano Quintet No. 2 (1965) Trio for oboe, harp and percussion (1965)