Janina Skowronska

Janina Skowronska (February 8, 1920 – 1992)^[1] was a Polish composer^[2]^[3] who is best remembered for her arrangements of folk songs, and for creating Little Chopin, a children’s musical based on the life and works of Frederic Chopin.^[4]

Skowronska was born to a Polish family in Germakowka (then in the USSR, now in Ukraine). She studied music at the State Music College in Wroclaw, Poland, and with Tadeusz Szeligowski. She received a diploma in 1961.^[5]

Skowronska’s compositions included:

Chamber

Theme and Variations (string quartet)^[5]

Orchestra

Symphony^[5]

Piano

Preludes^[5]
Rondo^[5]
Waltz^[5]

Theatre

Little Chopin (for children)^[4]

Vocal

Children’s Songs^[6]
Drugi Brzeg (soprano, oboe, two clarinets and horn)^[5]
“Golden Rain”^[7]
Moda Pani Czepca Nie Ma (mixed chorus)^[5]
O Wy Corne Kawki (folk song; mixed chorus)^[5]
Od Krakowa do Wroclawia (folk dance suite; chorus and orchestra)^[5]
Parodie (text by W. Marianowicz; baritone, soprano, bassoon and string orchestra)^[5]
Pokoju Czas (text by R. Heniszowa; mixed chorus)^[5]
Samotne Drzewa (text by L. Turkowski; mixed chorus)^[5]
Suite of Folk Dances (text by Andrzej Waligórski; orchestra and chorus)^[5]
“Tu Bedziemy” (text by A. Burcia; voice and piano)^[5]
Two Folksongs (soprano and piano)^[5]
U.F.O. (for soprano and eight instruments: clarinet, cello, six percussion)^[8]
Ziemio Moja (mixed chorus)^[5]

References

^ Pijarowska, Alexsandra (2021). "Music: The Cultural Bridge" (PDF). dbc.wroc.pl. Karol Lipinski Academy of Music. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
^ Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.
^ Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.
^ ^a ^b "Chopin on Barricades: About the 100th Anniversary of Chopin's Birth (1949) and Socialist Realism Doctrine in Poland". Kwartalnik Młodych Muzykologów UJ. 36 (1): 20, 96. 2018. doi:10.4467/23537094KMMUJ.18.017.9020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.
^ Polish Music. Authors Agency. 1981.
^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1974). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.
^ Polish Music. Authors Agency. 1976.

[1] Pijarowska, Alexsandra (2021). "Music: The Cultural Bridge" (PDF). dbc.wroc.pl. Karol Lipinski Academy of Music. p. 12. Retrieved 2022-03-02.

[2] Hixon, Donald L. (1993). Women in music : an encyclopedic biobibliography. Don A. Hennessee (2nd ed.). Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-2769-7. OCLC 28889156.

[3] Stewart-Green, Miriam (1980). Women composers : a checklist of works for the solo voice. Boston, Mass.: G.K. Hall. ISBN 0-8161-8498-4. OCLC 6815939.

[:0-4] "Chopin on Barricades: About the 100th Anniversary of Chopin's Birth (1949) and Socialist Realism Doctrine in Poland". Kwartalnik Młodych Muzykologów UJ. 36 (1): 20, 96. 2018. doi:10.4467/23537094KMMUJ.18.017.9020.

[:1-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN 978-0-9617485-2-4.

[6] Polish Music. Authors Agency. 1981.

[7] Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1974). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.

[8] Polish Music. Authors Agency. 1976.

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