East-Central European unrecorded symphonists: Tadeusz Joteyko (1872-1932)

[Wheesht]

"Mike Herman (over at MusicWeb) has included an appendix of unrecorded symphonists from East-Central Europe. Does anyone know anything about any of the ones that might be relevant to us here at UC (see below)? If so, we'll start some separate threads..."

>> There is a biographical article about Joteyko on the website of publishers Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (PWM):

Tadeusz Joteyko, born 1 April, 1872, in Poczujki near Kiev, died 20 August, 1932, in Cieszyn, Polish composer, choral conductor and pedagogue. He began to learn the violin at the age of 12. In the years 1889-1891 he studied at the Conservatory in Brussels and in the years 1891-1895 at the Institute of Music in Warsaw, where he was a student of Z. Noskowski (composition) and A. Cinek (cello); already during his studies he began to work as a choral conductor. In 1897 he became Director of the Lutnia singing society in Radom. In the years 1900-1902 he was a cellist in the Grand Theatre in Warsaw, and from 1902 director of the musical societies in Łódź and Kalisz. In 1914 he settled in Warsaw, where he became a professor at the conservatory. He performed in Warsaw at numerous concerts as a conductor of choral ensembles, and during World War I, also as conductor of the symphony orchestra of the Philharmonic. He was active as a promoter of music; he organised concerts in schools, gave lectures about music, wrote books and articles. He was a co-founder and the President of the Association of Friends of Art, which organized and ran a series of concerts devoted to contemporary Polish music. In his last years he served as Vice-President and Treasurer of the Association of Polish Composers.

His most important work was probably the opera Sigismund Augustus. As for the symphony, according to a contemporary newspaper, this was first performed in Berlin.

[Wheesht]

Polish Wikipedia has an entry on Joteyko:

(Translation:)
Tadeusz Joteyko (born 1 April 1872 in Poczujki near Kyiv, died 20 August 1932 in Cieszyn) - Polish composer, choir conductor, pedagogue.
Biography

He was born in Poczujki - an estate belonging to his parents Tadeusz Lucjan and Karolina Odrowąża Kurzańska. He had three siblings, including Josefa Joteyko, a prominent scientist, neurologist, psychologist, pedagogue and doctor. In 1873, he and his family moved to Warsaw. From the age of 12 he learned to play the violin. From 1889 to 1891 he studied at the conservatory in Brussels, and from 1891 to 1895 at the Music Institute in Warsaw, where he was a pupil of Zygmunt Noskowski (composition) and Aleksander Cink(cello); already during his studies he was active as a choir conductor. In 1897 he became conductor of the Lutnia singing society in Radom. In 1900-1902 he was a cellist at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw, from 1902 he was the conductor of a music society in Łódź, and then in Kalisz. In 1914 he settled permanently in Warsaw, where he became a professor at the conservatory. He gave numerous concerts in Warsaw as conductor of choral ensembles, and during World War I also as conductor of the philharmonic symphony orchestra. He popularised music: he organised school concerts, gave lectures on music, and wrote books and articles. He was a co-founder and later president of the Friends of Art Association, where he conducted a number of concerts devoted to contemporary Polish music. In the last year of his life he served as vice-president and treasurer of the Association of Polish Composers.
He is buried in the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw ( cemetery section 114-1-20)[1].
Tadeusz Joteyka's grave at Powązki Cemetery
Selected works

He was an encyclopaedist. He was listed among the 180 editors of the five-volume Illustrated Encyclopaedia by Trzaska, Evert and Michalski published in 1926-1928 where he edited entries related to contemporary Polish music[2][3]. He also wrote:
Operas: Grajek (performed in Warsaw 1919)[4], Zygmunt August (1925), Królowa Jadwiga(1928), Kiliński(left in manuscript); orchestral music: Sea Sketches (1924); author of songbooks and music textbooks including Principles of Music (1914).
Orders and decorations

Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (7 November 1925)[5].
Footnotes

Old Powązki Cemetery: TADEUSZ JOTEYKO, [in:] Warsaw Historical Tombstone Monuments[accessed 2020-02-15].
 Trzaska 1939 ↓.
 Lam 1926 ↓.
 Charles Stromenger, Opera Guide, Books Abroad, 38 (4), 1964, p. 142, DOI: 10.2307/40119218, JSTOR:  40119218.
 M.P. of 1925, no. 262, item 1083 'for outstanding work in the field of art'.
Bibliography

Stanisław Lam: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trzaska, Evert and Michalski, vol. I (A-E). Warsaw: Trzaska, Evert and Michalski, 1926.
Trzaska, Catalogue of the publications of Trzaska, Evert and Michalski, Warsaw: Trzaska, Evert and Michalski, 1939.
Zofia Chechlińska: Joteyko Tadeusz. In: Elżbieta Dziębowska: Encyklopedia muzyczna PWM. T. 4: hij biographical part. Kraków: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, 1993, pp. 511-513. ISBN 83-224-0453-0. OCLC  180641615. (inPolish ).
External links

Publications of Tadeusz Joteyko on Polona.pl

[Alan Howe]

Another composer to research. Thanks for the information.