Short bio Stanislaw Moniuszko
Birthday:
1819 in Ubiel
Died:
1872 in Warsaw, Poland
Genre:
Classical
Period:
Romantic
Full biography Stanislaw Moniuszko
Stanislaw Moniuszko was a renowned Polish composer, conductor, and teacher who lived from 1819 to 1872. He is considered one of Poland's greatest composers , and his music is filled with patriotic folk melodies and themes.
Moniuszko is best known for his operas and art songs , which were very popular in his time and continue to be performed to this day. Some of his most famous works include the operas "Halka" and "The Haunted Manor," as well as numerous art songs, cantatas, and choral works.
Born in present-day Belarus, Moniuszko showed an early talent for music and began studying at a young age. He later moved to Warsaw, where he continued his studies and began composing and conducting. Throughout his career, he worked as a music director and teacher, and he was a prominent figure in the Polish cultural scene.
Moniuszko's music is known for its blend of traditional Polish folk melodies and European classical music. He often incorporated elements of Polish folk music into his compositions, which helped to create a distinctly Polish style of music. His music was also known for its emotional depth and patriotic themes, reflecting the turbulent political and social climate of 19th-century Poland.
Today, Moniuszko's music continues to be celebrated in Poland and around the world. His operas and art songs are still performed regularly, and his legacy as one of Poland's greatest composers remains strong.
Compositions featuring Stanislaw Moniuszko
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mass for 4 voices, chorus & organ No. 5 in B flat major ("Piotrowin") | 23:03 min | Choral | 1872 |
| 2 | Mass for 4 voices, chorus & organ in G minor ("Funeral Mass") | 19:53 min | Choral | 1871 |
| 3 | Mass for chorus, strings & organ in D flat major ("Latin Mass") (also version for 4 voices & organ) | 30:36 min | Choral | 1870 |
| 4 | Monte Christo, ballet | 4:37 min | Ballet | 1866 |
| 5 | Polonaise for piano, 4 hands in D major | 5:33 min | Keyboard | 1863 |
| 6 | Polonez obywatelski (Civic Polonaise), for orchestra in F major | 6:07 min | Orchestral | 1863 |
| 7 | Straszny Dwór (The Haunted Manor), opera | 148:23 min | Opera | 1861 |
| 8 | Verbum Nobile, opera | 31:41 min | Opera | 1860 |
| 9 | Hrabina (The Countess), opera | 36:50 min | Opera | 1859 |
| 10 | Paria, opera | 70:08 min | Opera | 1859 |
| 11 | Flis (The Raftsman), opera | 25:07 min | Opera | 1858 |
| 12 | Mass in A minor for 2 voices, chorus & organ | 15:56 min | Vocal Music | 1856 |
| 13 | Mass in E minor, for 2 sopranos, alto & organ | 18:09 min | Vocal Music | 1855 |
| 14 | Kochanka hetmanska (The Hetman's Mistress), opera | Opera | 1854 | |
| 15 | Requiem songs to Holy Mass for the souls of the dead, for 4 vocal parts, chorus & organ in D minor | 14:24 min | Vocal Music | 1850 |
| 16 | Do Niemna ("Niemnie, domowa rzeko moja"), for voice & piano | 3:21 min | Vocal Music | 185? |
| 17 | Dumka ("Przychodz, mily, dzien juz bialy"), for voice & piano | 2:18 min | Vocal Music | 185? |
| 18 | Ballet Music for O. Nicolai's "The Merry Wives of Windsor," for orchestra | 9:37 min | Ballet | 1849 |
| 19 | Halka, opera | 94:13 min | Opera | 1846 |
| 20 | Litanies (4) of Ostra Brama, for soloists, chorus & orchestra | 58:31 min | Choral | 1843 |
| 21 | Nowy Don Kiszot, czyli Sto szalenstw (The New Don Quixote or 100 Follies), opera | Opera | 1841 | |
| 22 | String quartet No 1 in D minor | 15:56 min | Chamber Music | 1839 |
| 23 | String quartet No 2 in F minor | 17:47 min | Chamber Music | 1839 |
| 24 | Connais-tu ce pays (Znasz-li Ten Kraj)?, for voice & piano | 5:45 min | Vocal Music | 1837 |
| 25 | Dwie Zorze (Two Twilights), for voice & piano | 2:06 min | Vocal Music | 1837 |
| 26 | Grajek ("Na zagrodzie gospody"), song for voice & piano | 3:55 min | Vocal Music | 1837 |
| 27 | Krakowiaczek, song for voice & piano | 2:04 min | Vocal Music | 1837 |
| 28 | Przepiorczka (The Spinner), song for voice & piano (or orchestra) | 1:29 min | Vocal Music | 1837 |
| 29 | Leokadia, polka for orchestra | 1:44 min | Orchestral | 18?? |
| 30 | Marsz żałobny Antoniego Orłowskiego (Funeral March of Antoni Orłowski), for orchestra | 11:41 min | Orchestral | 18?? |
| 31 | Ad Te Domine, for baritone | 2:34 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 32 | Adoration, for voice & piano | 2:07 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 33 | Agnus Dei, canon for 4 voices & organ | 3:16 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 34 | Aria(s) | Vocal Music | - | |
| 35 | Au bord du fleuve (Nad Rzeka), for voice & piano | 2:54 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 36 | Bajka, symphonic poem | 13:57 min | Orchestral | - |
| 37 | Christe eleison, canon for 4 voices & organ | 2:02 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 38 | Co to za kwiatek, song for voice & piano | 1:04 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 39 | Contredances (6) for piano, 4 hands | 9:28 min | Keyboard | - |
| 40 | Cyganie, song for voice & piano | 2:35 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 41 | Czy powróci ("Matulenku, on nie wroci"), for voice & piano | 4:24 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 42 | Dalibógze ("Dalibógze powiem mamie"), for voice & piano | 1:22 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 43 | Das Schöne, canon for 3 voices | 1:50 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 44 | Deux krakowiaks, for voice & piano | Vocal Music | - | |
| 45 | Dlaczego?, song for voice & piano | 2:42 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 46 | Do dzieciecia, song for voice & piano | 2:22 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 47 | Do Paczka | 2:50 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 48 | Domine, ne in furore tuo, for tenor | 2:20 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 49 | Duettino ("Na głowie mam kraśny wianek"), for 2 voices & piano | 4:06 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 50 | Exaudi Deus, duet for tenor & baritone | 3:16 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 51 | Gewißheit und Ungewißheit (Certainty and uncertainty), canon for 3 voices | 2:08 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 52 | Grozna dziewczyna, song for voice & piano | 1:49 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 53 | Herr Gänsewitz zu seinem Cammerdiener (Mr. Gänsewitz to his butler), canon for 3 voices | 1:18 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 54 | Homo sum, canon for 3 voices | 2:08 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 55 | Hrabina, opera | Opera | - | |
| 56 | Hymn Do Matki Boskiej (Hymn to the Mother of God), duet for alto & baritone | 3:12 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 57 | Hymn Do Pana Jesusza, for baritone | 3:29 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 58 | Inclina Aurem Tuam, for tenor | 4:07 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 59 | Intende Voci (Psalm 5), duet for soprano & alto | 4:03 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 60 | Ja ciebie kocham, song for voice & piano | 1:25 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 61 | Jaskoleczka | 3:08 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 62 | Jawnuta, operetta | 4:50 min | Opera | - |
| 63 | Klosek, song for voice & piano | 4:18 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 64 | Knowest thou the land? for voice & piano | 2:27 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 65 | Kolęda (Carol), for 2 voices & piano | 2:08 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 66 | Kotek ("Kotek sie myje"), for voice & piano | 2:22 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 67 | Kyrie eleison, canon for 4 voices & organ | 2:00 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 68 | L' Hirondelle, for voice & piano | Vocal Music | - | |
| 69 | L' Oiseau migrateur, for voice & piano | Vocal Music | - | |
| 70 | La Chanson d'Ophélie/ Les quatre saisons, for voice & piano | Vocal Music | - | |
| 71 | La Fileuse, for voice & piano | 1:23 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 72 | La Fille captive, for voice & piano | Vocal Music | - | |
| 73 | La Fille redoutable, for voice & piano | 1:41 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 74 | La fuite de l'Amour, canon for 4 voices | 1:45 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 75 | La Perdrix, for voice & piano | Vocal Music | - | |
| 76 | La Vieille fileuse, for voice & piano | 1:38 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 77 | Larme (Lza), for voice & piano | 3:32 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 78 | Latem brzózka mala, song for voice & piano | 1:13 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 79 | Laudate Dominum, duet for soprano & alto | 3:54 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 80 | Le Cosaque (chant Polonais) | 3:11 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 81 | Le Menetrier, for voice & piano | Vocal Music | - | |
| 82 | Le Petit chat (Kotek), for voice & piano | 2:03 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 83 | Le Poisson d'or (Zlota Rybka), for voice & piano | 2:28 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 84 | Le Rossignol (Slowiczek), for voice & piano | 1:17 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 85 | Liebe (Love), canon for 3 voices | 2:00 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 86 | Lirnik wioskowy ("Liro ty moja spiewna"), for voice & piano | 6:11 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 87 | Mass No. 3 in E flat major | 32:52 min | Choral | - |
| 88 | Modlitwa do boga rodzicy (Prayer to the Mother of Christ), for soprano | 2:24 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 89 | Modlitwa Panska, the Lord's Prayer (Ojce nasz), for alto | 2:12 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 90 | Modlitwa Panska, The Lord's Prayer (W ciezkiej niedoli), for baritone | 4:12 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 91 | Modlitwa, prayer (Do Ciebie Panie), for alto | 3:26 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 92 | Modlitwa, prayer (Na skrzydlach piesni), for alto | 3:15 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 93 | Modlitwa, prayer (O wladco swiata), for alto | 3:51 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 94 | Modlitwa, prayer (W poswistach wichrów losu), for baritone | 3:45 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 95 | Modlitwa: O Mario, badz pozdrowiona (Holy Mother, hail to Thee), for soprano | 3:27 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 96 | Motyl, song for voice & piano | 3:04 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 97 | Naprzód ciebie wspomina (First Remembers You), for 2 voices & piano | 2:38 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 98 | Nawrocona | 2:40 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 99 | Ne Memineris, motet | 5:33 min | Choral | - |
| 100 | Niech sie panie stroja w pasy, song for voice & piano | 1:27 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 101 | Niemen i Wilija do Litwinek (Niemen and Wilila to Lituanians), for 2 voices & piano | 1:55 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 102 | Niepewnosc ("Gdy cie nie widze"), for voice & piano | 2:09 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 103 | O deus, canon for 4 voices | 1:39 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 104 | O Matko Moja, for voice & piano | 2:24 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 105 | O Zosi sierocie ("W chacie siedzi Zosienka splakana"), for voice & piano | 4:19 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 106 | Petite fleur (Kwiatek) for voice & piano | 2:08 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 107 | Pierwsze wrażenie (First Impression), for 2 voices & piano | 3:04 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 108 | Piesn Flisaków ("Sail. Young Raftsmen") | Vocal Music | - | |
| 109 | Piesn Nai ("Sliczny szczygielku"), for voice & piano | 6:13 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 110 | Piesn Nioly ("Wkrótce z ziemi bede wzieta"), for voice & piano | 4:34 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 111 | Piesn Pokutna, song of atonement (O Panie! Co losy ludzkosci), for tenor | 3:17 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 112 | Piesn Pokutna, song of atonement (Powszedni chleb lzami obmywam), for alto | 3:28 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 113 | Piesn Pokutna, song of atonement (Powszedni chleb lzami obmywam), for baritone | 2:26 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 114 | Piesn wieczorna ("Po nocnej rosie"), for voice & piano | 3:03 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 115 | Piosnka bez tytulu, song for voice & piano | 2:11 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 116 | Piotr z Pawlem w waznej klótni (Peter & Paul in serious quarrel), canon for 4 voices | 1:01 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 117 | Poleć, pieśni, z miasta (Fly, Song, from the City), for 2 voices & piano | 1:37 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 118 | Polonaise de concert in A major | 7:10 min | Orchestral | - |
| 119 | Prelude for organ in F major | 2:36 min | Keyboard | - |
| 120 | Prelude for organ on the theme "Bitter Sorrows" | 2:09 min | Keyboard | - |
| 121 | Prelude for organ on the theme of Psalm 90 | 1:56 min | Keyboard | - |
| 122 | Printemps (Wiosna), for voice & piano | 2:03 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 123 | Przadka, song for voice & piano | 2:13 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 124 | Przasniczka, song for voice & piano | 1:33 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 125 | Przyczyna ("Mówie ci grzecznie i skromnie"), for voice & piano | 1:48 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 126 | Psalm I (Szczesliwy, który nie postal w radzie slowa), for baritone | 4:03 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 127 | Retour du printemps (Powrot Wiosny), for voice & piano | 1:35 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 128 | Rose des champs (Polna Rozyczka), for voice & piano | 2:20 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 129 | Sancta Maria, canon for 4 voices & organ | 1:36 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 130 | Sen ("W marzeniu sennym widzialam go"), for voice & piano | 3:00 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 131 | Serce moje, song for voice & piano | 1:46 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 132 | Si j'étais petit oiseau, canon for 3 voices | 1:27 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 133 | Sophie, for voice & piano | 3:07 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 134 | Stary kapral (The Old Corporal), for voice & piano/ orchestra | 4:21 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 135 | String Quartet in F major | 17:15 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 136 | Tafelspruch (Toast), canon for 3 voices | 0:53 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 137 | Tesknota, song for voice & piano | 1:21 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 138 | The Fairy Tale | 12:40 min | Orchestral | - |
| 139 | The Little Fish, for voice & piano | 1:37 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 140 | The Spinner | 2:08 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 141 | Tod und Schlaf, canon for 3 voices | 2:53 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 142 | Tre cose (Three cuases), canon for 3 voices | 2:39 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 143 | Trinquons, canon for 3 voices | 1:22 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 144 | Triolet ("Komu slubny splatsz wieniec"), for voice & piano | 2:16 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 145 | Vide Humilitatem Meam, psalm | 4:03 min | Choral | - |
| 146 | Wedrowna Ptaszyna | 1:39 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 147 | Widma, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra | 65:04 min | Choral | - |
| 148 | Wilija ("Wilija naszych strumieni rodzica"), for voice & piano | 5:17 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 149 | Wlazl kotek na plotek (Kitty on the fence), canon for 3 voices | 0:51 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 150 | Za umariych, for organ | 3:55 min | Keyboard | - |
| 151 | Zosia, song for voice & piano | 2:29 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 152 | Zwiastowanie (The Annunciation), for tenor | 5:25 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 153 | Á un bourgeon, for voice & piano | Vocal Music | - |
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