Jadwiga Sarnecka
{{Short description|Polish composer and pianist}}
Jadwiga Sarnecka (1877 or 1883 – 29 December 1913){{Cite web |title=Jadwiga Sarnecka |url=https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/composers/16142--sarnecka |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Presto Music |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Sarnecka, Jadwiga {{!}} femalecomposers.org |url=https://femalecomposers.org/artists/sarnecka-jadwiga/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=femalecomposers.org}} was a Polish composer and pianist whose composition Ballade for piano won second place in a 1910 competition in Lviv (today in Ukraine) commemorating Chopin’s centenary. She also composed works for voice and piano.{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Aaron I. |title=International encyclopedia of women composers. 2: Sai - Zyb, Appendices |date=1987 |publisher=Books & Music |isbn=978-0-9617485-1-7 |edition=2. ed., revised and enl |location=New York |pages=618}}{{Cite web |title=PWM -Kompozytorzy I Autorzy, Jadwiga Sarnecka, Biography |url=https://pwm.com.pl/en/kompozytorzy_i_autorzy/107/jadwiga-sarnecka/index.html |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=pwm.com.pl}}{{Cite web |date=2022-04-25 |title=Sarnecka Jadwiga - Polish Women Composers |url=https://polskiekompozytorki.pl/en/project/sarnecka-jadwiga-2/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |language=en-GB}}{{Cite book |last=Stewart-Green |first=Miriam |title=Women composers: A checklist of works for the solo voice |date=1980 |publisher=Hall |isbn=978-0-8161-8498-9 |series=A reference publication in women's studies |location=Boston, Mass |pages=114}}{{Cite book |last=Wier |first=Albert E. |title=The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians |publisher=The Macmillan Company |year=1938 |location=New York |pages=1643}}
Biography
Sarnecka was born in Slavuta, Volhynia (today in Ukraine). She studied piano with Felicjan Szopski and Władysław Żeleński in Krakow, Poland; Henryk Melcer-Szczawinski and Aleksander Michalowski in Warsaw; and Theodor Leschetizky in Vienna. She presented piano recitals throughout Austria, Germany and Poland.{{Cite book |last=Hull |first=Arthur Eaglefield |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mwphAAAAIAAJ&dq=Jadwiga+Sarnecka&pg=PA436 |title=A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians |date=1924 |publisher=J. M. Dent & sons, Limited |language=en}}
Sarnecka’s compositions were not always favorably reviewed. She self-published her initial works. Arts patron Feliks Jasienski (pseudonym “Manggha”) (1861-1929) funded the publication of subsequent works. Eventually, Sarnecka’s compositions received favorable reviews from Polish music critics Adolf Chybinski, Zdzislaw Jachimecki, and Jozef Wladyslaw Reiss, and A. Piwarski & Company began publishing them. After winning second prize at the Lwów (Lviv) competition in 1910, Sarnecka was the only woman asked to present a paper at the first Congress of Polish Musicians later that year. She wrote about Creativity vs Virtuosity in Musical Composition.{{Cite web |title=Ténèbrae (Sarnecka, Jadwiga) |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/T%C3%A9n%C3%A8brae_(Sarnecka,_Jadwiga) |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=imslp.org}}{{Cite book |last=Trochimczyk |first=Maja |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9D2sAgAAQBAJ&dq=Jadwiga+Sarnecka&pg=PA28 |title=A Romantic Century in Polish Music |date=2009-12-09 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=978-0-9819693-3-6 |language=en}}
Sarnecka died from tuberculosis in Krakow in 1913. Her work has been recorded commercially by Marek Szlezer on the DUX Records label.{{Cite web |title=JADWIGA SARNECKA (1877 or 1883-1913): Piano Sonata in E Flat Minor, Op. 9, Etude in F Minor "Quasi un dolore", 4 impressions, Op. 12, Impression, Impression, Ballade No. 4. - Records International |url=https://www.recordsinternational.com/cd.php?cd=01P052 |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=www.recordsinternational.com}} Her music is currently published by Polish Music Editions.{{Cite web |title=Marek Szlezer |url=http://www.cracowpianofestival.com/marek-szlezer-en/}} Her compositions include:
Piano
- Cinq Morceaux, opus 7{{Cite web |title=Sarnecka, Jadwiga |url=https://www.pianorarescores.com/archive/jadwiga-sarnecka-piano-sheet-music/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Pianorarescores |language=en-US}}
Vocal
- Song (text by Zygmunt Krasiński)
- "Szumny wichrze gluchych pol" (alternate title: Vent qui cours la plaine; text by Lucjan Rydel; dedicated to Count Henryk Tyszkiewicz){{Cite web |title=Szumny wichrze głuchych pól (Sarnecka, Jadwiga) |url=https://imslp.org/wiki/Szumny_wichrze_g%C5%82uchych_p%C3%B3l_(Sarnecka,_Jadwiga) |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=imslp.org}}
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Jadwiga+Sarnecka Hear compositions by Jadwiga Sarnecka]
- [https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Sarnecka,_Jadwiga Download free sheet music by Jadwiga Sarnecka]
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Category:Polish classical composers
Category:Polish women classical composers
Category:Polish classical pianists