Mateusz Rudkowski

Mateusz (or Mieczysław)[1] Rudkowski (also Ukrainian: Матвій Рудковський; c. 1809 — c. 1887) was a Polish composer of choral and piano music.

He received his musical education in Lviv and Vienna. In 1850-1860 he was kapellmeister of the choir of Greek Catholic seminary in Lviv, and directed the Ukrainian choir of Stauropegion Institute.

Rudkowski was a member of the Galician Music Society in Lviv, and taught its members choral and especially church singing.[2] Some of his compositions were published at his own expense and by Żupański in Poznań, and others by Wild and Kallenbach in Lviv. He composed a mass performed in Lviv in 1855 or 1856.[3]

Rudkowski's compositions were regularly reviewed in Ruch Muzyczny: Opp. 2 and 3 in 1860,[4] Opp. 4 and 5 in 1861.[5]

Sources

  • Albert Sowiński (1874). Słownik muzyków polskich dawnych i nowoczesnych. p. 326.
  • Karol Estreicher (1876). Bibliografia polska XIX stólecia. T. 4 (R–U). p. 139.
  • Енциклопедія українознавства: Словникова частина: [в 11 т.] / Наукове товариство імені Шевченка; гол. ред. проф., д-р Володимир Кубійович. Париж; Нью-Йорк: Молоде життя; Львів; Київ: Глобус, 1955—2003.
  • Муха Антон. Композитори України та української діаспори. К.: 2004. ISBN 966-8259-08-4

References

  1. ^ His name is always printed in the scores simply as M. Rudkowski. Different libraries give different versions (M., Mat., Mateusz or Mieczysław). Wanda Bogdany-Popielowa in Ruch muzyczny, 1857-1862 (p. 299) calls him Mieczysław.
  2. ^ Ruch Muzyczny 1858 No. 19, p. 146; Ruch Muzyczny 1858 No. 21, p. 161.
  3. ^ Ruch Muzyczny 1858 No. 21, p. 161. Sowiński states that it was a funeral mass for Adam Mickiewicz, confusing it with Peter von Winter's Requiem performed on 19 January 1856.
  4. ^ Ruch Muzyczny 1860 No. 40, p. 654-655.
  5. ^ Twice: Ruch Muzyczny 1861 No. 33, p. 526 and Ruch Muzyczny 1861 No. 38, p. 599-602


Stub icon

This article about a Polish composer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.