Hanna Skalska-Szemioth

Hanna Wanda Skalska-Szemioth (29 April 1921 - 10 April (or 10 May) 1964) ^{[1] [2]} was a Polish composer, ^[3] journalist, and music educator who composed both classical and popular music, often collaborating with her husband Kazimierz Szemioth.

Skalska was born in Warsaw. She married Szemioth in 1940, ^[4] then studied with Kazimierz Sikorski at the State Music College in Lodz, graduating in 1953. In the early 1950s, Skalska was a music editor with Polish Radio before teaching at the Frederic Chopin Music School until 1958. She also edited the journal Praca Swietlicowa. ^[1]

Skalska's popular music was recorded commercially by singers such as Ludmila Jakubczak, Barbara Muszynska, and Natasza Zylska. ^{[5] [6]} Her compositions included:

Ballet

• Piosenka (Song; small orchestra) ^[1]

Chamber

• String Quartet ^[1]
• Variations on a Folk Theme (clarinet and piano) ^[7]

Orchestra

• Czerwona Rapsodia (Red Rhapsody; also arranged for band) ^[1]

Piano

• Epigrams Miniatures ^[1]
• Fraszki Miniatures ^[1]
• Inventions ^[1]
• Variations ^[1]

Vocal

• “Ah, Fernando again” (text by Kazimierz Szemioth)
• “Although I know” (text by Kazimierz Szemioth)
• “Ballada o Krakowiance” (Ballad About a Krakow Girl; a cappella choir) ^[1]
• “Choc Wiem Beguine” (text by Kazimierz Szemioth) ^[8]
• “Kurkurydza Mambo” (text by Kazimierz Szemioth) ^[8]
• ”Plamy na Suficie” (Stains on the Ceiling; text by Kazimierz Szemioth) ^[6]
• “Uciekam Przed Noca” (I'm Running Away from the Night; text by Kazimierz Szemioth) ^[5]
• “Wakacje z deszczem” (Holidays with Rain; text by Kazimierz Szemioth)

• Listen to “Plamy Na Suficie” (Stains on the Ceiling) by Hanna Skalska and Kazimierz Szemioth

References

1. Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). ISBN   978-0-9617485-2-4.
2. "May 2008". Polish Music Center. 2008-05-01. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
3. 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.
4. Skalska-Szemioth, Hanna. "heritage.com". www.myheritage.com. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
5. Orkiestra Polskiego Radia, Barbara Muszyńska - Róg Ulicy-Ja Śpiewam Piosenki - Królewna-Uciekam Przed Nocą, 31 March 2016, retrieved 2022-03-14
6. Plamy na suficie , retrieved 2022-03-14
7. Richards, Melanie Ann (1993). "A Selected Bibliography of Music for Clarinet and One Other Instrument by Women Composers". etd.ohiolink.edu. Ohio State University. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
8. Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1961). Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series.