Janina Skowronska (8 February 1920 – 1992) was a Polish composer who is best remembered for her arrangements of folk songs, and for creating Little Chopin, a children’s musical based on the life and works of Frederic Chopin.
Skowronska was born to a Polish family in Germakowka (then in the USSR, now in Ukraine). She studied music at the State Music College in Wroclaw, Poland, and with Tadeusz Szeligowski. She received a diploma in 1961.
Skowronska’s compositions included:
Chamber
Theme and Variations (string quartet)
Orchestra
Symphony
Piano
Preludes Rondo Waltz
Theatre
Little Chopin (for children)
Vocal
Children’s Songs Drugi Brzeg (soprano, oboe, two clarinets and horn) “Golden Rain” Moda Pani Czepca Nie Ma (mixed chorus) O Wy Corne Kawki (folk song; mixed chorus) Od Krakowa do Wroclawia (folk dance suite; chorus and orchestra) Parodie (text by W. Marianowicz; baritone, soprano, bassoon and string orchestra) Pokoju Czas (text by R. Heniszowa; mixed chorus) Samotne Drzewa (text by L. Turkowski; mixed chorus) Suite of Folk Dances (text by Andrzej Waligórski; orchestra and chorus) “Tu Bedziemy” (text by A. Burcia; voice and piano) Two Folksongs (soprano and piano) U.F.O. (for soprano and eight instruments: clarinet, cello, six percussion) Ziemio Moja (mixed chorus)
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