Juliusz Zarebski 1854-1885

[giles.enders]

Juliusz Zarebski (Jules Zarembski)  Born 28.2.1854, Zytomierz (now Zhitomir) Ukraine  Died 15.9.1885 Zhitomir

He started to play his own compositions in public at the age of 9. He went on to study in Vienna under Dachs and in 1874 went to Rome and became a pupil of Lizst. In 1879 he became a professor at the Brussels Conservatoire but unfortunately had to leave after a short time suffering with consumption.
He learnt to play the 'Piano Mangeot' with double keyboard and gave some public performances on this.

There are 34 works with opus numbers and a number of early works without.

Chamber

Piano Quintet in G minor Op.34  1885   pub. by Edition Silvertrust
Piano Trio  1872
Dances of Galicia for piano duet Op.21 - later orchestrated by Lizst

Piano

Romance  sans paroles in F minor  1870
Adieu in F minor  1870
'Maria' overture to opera  piano -four hands 1871
March - four hands  1875
Andante ma mon troppo
Minuet  Op.1
Three Galician Dances  piano-four hands  Op.2
Concert etude in G  Op.3   pub. by C Simon, Berlin
Four mazurkas  piano  four hands  Op.4
Two morceaux en forme de mazurka piano four hands  Op.5
Grande Polonaise in F sharp minor  Op.6  1881   pub. by C Simon, Berlin
Three etudes de concert Op.7
Mazurecka Koncertowy in C minor  Op.8   pub. by Schott
Fantasie polonaise  Op.9
Polonaise melancolique  Op.10   pub. by B Schott's Sohne
Polonaise triomphale in A major  Op.11
Divertissement a la polonaise piano four hands  Op.12
Impromptu-caprice in G major Op.14  pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel
Mazurka de concert No.2 in G sharp minor  Op.15
Suite Polonaise in G major  Op.16  1883
Valse sentimale  Op.17
Ballade in Gminor  Op.18   pub. by Julius Hainauer
Novellette-caprice  Op.19
Serenade Burlesque in D major Op.20   pub. by Julius Hainauer, Breslau
Berceuse in A flat major  Op.22   pub. by Robert Forberg
A travers Pologne piano four hands  Op.23
Valse caprice  Op.24   pub. by Robert Forberg
Tarentelle  Op.25
Serenade espagnole  Op.26
Etrennes  Op.27
Polonaise in B major  Op.28  1888  pub. by August Cranz
Gavotte  Op.29  pub. by August Cranz
Valse  Op.30   pub. by August Cranz
Barcarolle in A flat major Op.31  pub. by August Cranz
Minuet  Op.32
Polonaise in E minor
'Roses and Thorns'
Three mazurkas
Seven mazurkas for piano 4 hands
Les Roses et Les Epines;  Andante con moto, Presto, Andante, Allegro molto, Allegretto.   pub. by Gebethner & Wolff

Grande Fantasia   1826 destroyed by composer

Songs

'Vilya, Mother of our streams'
'The trees, freshly in bloom'

[Gareth Vaughan]

Does that piano trio still exist, I wonder. I'd love to see it if it does.

[giles.enders]

I believe the trio is an early work and have not been able to trace it.  Zarebski died in his parents house which might suggest that they would have inherited his early music archive.

[redrobin62]

It'll be interesting to see a documentary concerning the whereabouts of the original Piano Mangeot. It was stolen during WWII. Even though it was huge, would the Nazis have been able to smuggle it when some of them escaped to South America? Somewhere in Peru someone is enjoying the fruits of les frères Mangeot's stunning achievement.

[giles.enders]

Yes, I would love to know where it is, I have a fascination for odd 19th and 20th centuary instruments.  There used to be a piano in the Mechanical Instrument Museum, West London, with a vertical keyboard which the performer would sit astride as though playing a harp.  They also have a mechanical violin which instead of a bow is played by wheels.  At a recent piano auction at Conway Hall there was a grand piano whose case was made out of malachite. I digress I know.

[Gareth Vaughan]

Oh... the Mechanical Instrument Museum. It's ages since I've been. Does it still exist? They have some fascinating instruments there.