Halina Krzyżanowska (1860-1937)

[giles.enders]

Halina Krzyżanowska Born Paris  4.8.1860  Died Rennes 18.1.1937

She was born to slightly impoverished Polish aristocrats living in Paris and was a countess in her own right. She enrolled at the Conservatoire; studying composition under Ernest Guiraud and Felix Le Couppy; and piano under Antoine Marmontel.  She graduated with first prize in 1880. Her orchestral music was said to be greatly influenced by Saint-Saens. She followed this by touring as a concert pianist, principally in France and Poland.  In 1889 she joined the Rennes Conservatory as a professor of piano, teaching the most advanced students.

Orchestral

Symphony
Fantasie for piano and orchestra

Chamber

String quartet in A major  Op.44 1925  pub. by Hamelle
Violin sonata in E minor  Op.28  1915  pub. by Hamelle
Violin sonata in A minor Op.43  1924  pub. by Hamelle
Meditation for violin and piano  Op.42  pub. by Mathot
Cello sonata  Op.27  pub. by Hamelle
Elegie for cello and piano  Op.42  pub. by Mathot

Piano

Sonata No.1 in D minor
Sonata No.2
'Lune de Miel'  waltz 1893   pub. by Keith Prowse
A la Gavotte  Op.11    pub. by Gebethner
Aria  Op.16   pub. by Gebethner 
Chanson du Soir
Chasse fantasy  Op.45 
Chevauclee nocturn  Op.53  pub. by Hamelle
Coer de femme  pub. by Lorent
Dumka   pub. by Lorent
Fee de berceau
Force de beaute
Gavotte   pub. by Keith Prowse
Hungaria   pub. by Lorent
Krakowiak  Op.21 pub. by Bellon
Mazur  Op.15
Mazurek
Minuetto   pub. by Lemoine
Romance   pub. by Keith Prowse
Senle
Serenada
Valse-ballet   pub. by Lemoine 

Song

'Echo' for voice and piano
'Zakochana'  for voice and piano

Agnus Dei for solo mezzo or barytone.

Choral

Sancta Radegunda  - oratorio

Theatre

'Jasyr'  ( S Duchinska)

Opera

Magdiesia   1894

[Gareth Vaughan]

Interesting. According to WorldCat the Cello Sonata (Op. 27 is given) was also published by Hamelle, and BNF has a copy. Basel and Bern libraries have the String Quartet. I cannot find library locations for the 2 violin sonatas, which is strange, considering they were published.

Ah - wait a minute. Her name is actually KRZYZANOWSKA. Put that in and a lot more entries come up. The Op. 28 violin sonata appears in NUKAT; also Bayerische Staatsbibliothek; Obelin College, Ohio and Indiana University, Bloomington. WorldCat has another separate entry for a Violin Sonata at BNF, but the record does not give either key or opus number (which is very unhelpful) so we don't know if it is another copy of the Op. 28, or the Op. 47. There is also an Elegie for cello & piano Op. 40 and a Meditation for violin & piano, Op. 42, both published by Mathot and both in BNF.

[Alan Howe]

Thanks, Gareth. Spelling duly corrected.

[giles.enders]

Thank you Gareth for the additions.

[Alan Howe]

Thanks for introducing us to her, Giles.