Hanna Skalska-Szemioth

Hanna Wanda Skalska-Szemioth (April 29, 1921 - April or May 10, 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]

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)


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.
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