Jadwiga Sarnecka
Polish composer and pianist (1877 or 1883–1913)
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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.[3][4][8]
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.[4][9][10]
Sarnecka died from tuberculosis in Krakow in 1913.[4] Her work has been recorded commercially by Marek Szlezer on the DUX Records label.[11] Her music is currently published by Polish Music Editions.[12] Her compositions include:
Piano
Vocal
- "Lux in Tenebris" (text by Sarnecka; dedicated to Helene de Galezowska)[10]
- Song (text by Zygmunt Krasiński)[5]
- "Szumny wichrze gluchych pol" (alternate title: Vent qui cours la plaine; text by Lucjan Rydel; dedicated to Count Henryk Tyszkiewicz)[15]
- "Tenebrae" (text by Sarnecka; dedicated to Mademoiselle la Baronne Casimire Blazowska)[9]