Moszumanska-Nazar, Krystyna

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Moszumańska-Nazar, Krystyna

Moszumańska-Nazar, Krystyna, Polish composer and pedagogue; b. Lwów, Sept. 5,1924. She was a student of Stanislaw Wiechowicz (composition) and of Jan Hoffman (piano) at the State Higher School of Music in Krakow (1950–55). In 1964 she joined its faculty, where she later was a prof, (from 1981) and rector (1987–93). She received the Minister of Culture and Arts Award five times. In 1970 she received the City of Krakow Award, in 1977 the Prime Minster’s Award, and in 1988 the Polish Composers’ Union Award. In 1999 she was honored on her 75^th birthday with the Commander’s Cross of the Polonia Restituía Order. While her music is classical in formal design, she often makes use of densely dissonant harmonic writing.

Works

orch.: Piano Concertino (1954); 2 overtures (1954, 1956); Allegro symphonique ( 1957); Cztery eseje ( Four Essays; 1958); Hexaèdre ( 1960; Krakow, June 22, 1962); Muzyka (Music) for Strings (1962; Warsaw, Sept. 22, 1963); Exodus for Orch. and Tape (1964; Wroclaw, Nov. 10, 1967); Variazioni concertanti for Flute and Chamber Orch. (1965–66; Wroclaw, Jan. 19,1968) Pour orchestre (1969; Poznan, March 29,1973); Rhapsod ( Rhapsody) I ( 1975) and II ( Krakow, Sept. 12, 1980); Sinfonietta for Chamber String Orch. (1983; Baranów, Sept. 10, 1986); Concerto for Orchestra ( 1985–86); Fresk ( Fresco) 1 ( Krakow, Nov. 25, 1988), II ( 1991), and III ( 1993; Krakow, Nov. 24, 1994); Dwa dialogi ( Two Dialogues) for Instrumental Ensemble (Odense, Nov. 23, 1994; also for Orch., 1994; Szczecin, April 17, 1995); Leggiero e mobile for Wind Ensemble (1996); Percussion Concerto (Krakow, Nov. 13, 1998). chamber:Trzy miniatury (Three Miniatures) for Clarinet and Piano (1957); 5 Duets for Flute and Clarinet (1959); String Trio (1960); Interpretacje ( Interpretations) for Flute, Tape, and Percussion (1967; Krakow, Feb. 7, 1968); 3 Concert Studies for Percussion (1969); 3 string quartets: No. 1 (1973–74), No. 2 (Luslawice, Aug. 28,1980), and No. 3 (Krakow, Dec. 6,1995); From End to End Percussion ( 1976; Berkeley, Calif., May 24, 1978); Warianty ( Variants) for Piano and Percussion (Stalowa Wola, May 18, 1979); Canzona for Violin (1985); Fantazja ( Fantasy) for Marimbaphone (1987; Wroclaw, Feb. 19, 1988); Music for Five for Percussion (1989; Munich, Feb. 24, 1990); Trois moments musicaux for Double Bass (1990; Krakow, April 30, 1991); Quatre moments musicaux for Cello (1990–94; Krakow, Dec. 12,1994); Recitativo for Cello (1991; Krakow, Dec. 12, 1994); Un petit cadeau, trio for Flute, Cello, and Percussion (1993); Kwiaty ( Flowers) for Flute, Piccolo Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, and Piano (1996–97; Krakow, May 18,1997); Serpentine for Oboe (1997; Wiesbaden, April 25, 1998); Impresja ( Impression) for String Quartet (1997–98; Rybna, Dec. 13,1998). keyboard: piano: Variations (1949); Suita tánców polskich ( Suite of Polish Dances; 1954); Sonatina (1957); Bagatelles (1971; Mannheim, Oct. 12, 1972); Konstelacje ( Constellations; Mannheim, Oct. 12, 1972). organ:Oratio brevis ( 1995; Krakow, March 10, 1996). vocal:Intonacje ( Intonations) for 2 Choruses and Orch. (1970–71); Bel canto for Soprano, Celesta, and Percussion (1972; Avignon, July 1973; also for Soprano, Celesta, Cello, and Percussion); Madonny polskie ( Polish Madonnas) for Chorus and Orch. (1974; Krakow, April 23, 1976); Wyzwanie ( Challenge) for Baritone and Chamber Ensemble (Poznan, April 28,1977); Piesn nad piesniami ( Song of Songs) for Soprano, Reciter, Small Men’s Chorus, and Chamber Instrumental Ensemble (Poznan, March 24, 1984); Pater noster for Men’s Chorus and Organ (1997; Krakow, May 23, 1999).