Alexander Zarzycki 1834-1895

[giles.enders]

Aleksander Zarzycki  Born 21.2.1834 Lemburg (Lvov)  Died Warsaw 13.10.1895

Polish composer who studied in Berlin under R F Vole and from 1857 in Paris under N H Reber and C Reinecke.  He later became the Director of The Warsaw Conservatory.

Orchestral

Piano Concerto in A flat major  Op.17  1860
Grand Polonaise for piano and orchestra Op.7  1859
Mazurka for violin and orchestra in G  Op.26
Introduction et Cracovienne in D major for violin and orchestra  Op.35
Polish suite for orchestra in A Op.37
Romance in E for violin and orchestra   Op.16
Andante and Polonaise in A major for violin and orchestra  Op.23

Chamber

Mazurka in B flat for violin and piano  Op.12
Romance for violin and piano Op.16 (version for flute, clarinet,two horns and strings)  1876
Andante and polonaise in A major for violin and piano Op.23 (also for orchestra)
Mazurka in G for violin and piano  Op.25
Mazurka for violin and piano Op.26 (version of above)
Mazurka for violin and piano  Op.39

Piano

Three musical pieces Op.1 and 3
Grande valse in G minor  Op.4  1860
Barcarolle in B Op.5
Two Chantes sans paroles, Berceuse and Idylle  Op.6
Valse Brillante in A flat  Op.8  1866
Two Nocturnes, in G flat major and A major  Op.10
Two Mazurkas in B flat and G minor  Op.12
Grande valse in D Op.18
Two Mazurkas in B flat and A  Op.20
Two pieces, Serenade and Valse-impromptu  Op.24
Mazurka  Op.26
Three Morceau  Op.34
Two Mazurkas in A flat and B  Op.36

Song

Song Books  Op.13
Song Books  Op.14
Three lieder Op.22/1 Letzler Wunsch, /2 Zweigesang /3 Der erste Kuss
Two songs  Op.9
Five Songs  Op.15
Three songs  Op.22
Two Songs Op.28
Two Songs  Op.30
Three songs  Op.33
Ave Maria  Op.27
Two Psalms  Op.29

[JimL]

Note that every single work seems to be in a shorter, ternary or strophic form except for the concerto, which really is a concerto in F minor with no first movement.  Apparently he didn't feel very secure working with sonata structures.