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Witold Lutosławski

Sources give the active from as 1913-01-25. Sources give the active until as 1994-02-07. Witold Lutosławski was born on 25 January 1913.

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Witold Lutosławski

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Identity

25 January 1913

7 February 1994

Witold Lutosławski was born on 25 January 1913.

PL

Witold Lutosławski died on 7 February 1994.

Witold Lutosławski is recorded with the gender male.

Witold Lutosławski is classed in the genre classical music.

Witold Lutosławski is recorded as composer, conductor, musicologist and pianist.

Witold Lutosławski is recorded with the occupation composer.

Occupation:2: Witold Lutosławski is recorded with the occupation conductor.

Occupation:3: Witold Lutosławski is recorded with the occupation musicologist.

Occupation:4: Witold Lutosławski is recorded with the occupation pianist.

Occupation:5: Witold Lutosławski is recorded with the occupation music teacher.

Occupation:6: Witold Lutosławski is recorded with the occupation musician.

Witold Lutosławski is recorded with the occupation music teacher. Classed in the genre classical music. Recorded as composer, conductor, musicologist and pianist.

Dated record

Life and career

Explore 1913–1994

  1. 1913

    Life

    Witold Lutosławski was born on 25 January 1913.

  2. 1951

    Little Suite is dated 1951.

  3. 1968

    Livre pour orchestre is dated 1968.

  4. 1972

    Institution

    AGP168: Witold Lutoslawski - Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings (1972) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  5. 1972

    Institution

    AGP168: Witold Lutoslawski - Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings digitised by Internet Archive.

  6. 1984

    Institution

    Strauss; Berg; Lutosławski (1984) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  7. 1984

    Institution

    Strauss; Berg; Lutosławski digitised by Internet Archive.

  8. 1994

    Life

    Witold Lutosławski died on 7 February 1994.

The full dated record · 8 entries

  1. 1913

    Witold Lutosławski was born on 25 January 1913.

  2. 1951

    Little Suite is dated 1951.

  3. 1968

    Livre pour orchestre is dated 1968.

  4. 1972

    AGP168: Witold Lutoslawski - Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings (1972) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  5. 1972

    AGP168: Witold Lutoslawski - Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings digitised by Internet Archive.

  6. 1984

    Strauss; Berg; Lutosławski (1984) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

  7. 1984

    Strauss; Berg; Lutosławski digitised by Internet Archive.

  8. 1994

    Witold Lutosławski died on 7 February 1994.

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  • PL

    Country

  • Witold Lutosławski was born at Warsaw.

    Birthplace

  • Witold Lutosławski died at Warsaw.

    Deathplace

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Recognition and collections

Witold Lutosławski received Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Herder Prize, Order of the White Eagle, Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order and Léonie Sonning Music Prize.

Catalogued output

Catalogued works

Their recorded dates run from 1951 to 1968.

3; Les espaces du sommeil. Concerto for orchestra; Funeral music; Venetian games. Mala suite (1955); Die Strohkette = (Straw chain); Five dance preludes for clarinet, string orchestra, harp, piano and percussion (1955); Overture for string orchestra (1949); Trauermusik for string orchestra. Five folk melodies for string orchestra.

  • Variations on a Theme by Paganini (Lutosławski)

  • Mi-Parti

  • Symphony No

  • Symphonic Variations

  • Piano Concerto

  • Jeux vénitiens

  • Twenty Polish Christmas Carols

  • Postlude No

  • Lacrimosa

  • Concerto for Orchestra

  • Cello Concerto

  • Les espaces du sommeil

  • Dance Preludes

The complete catalogue · 24

  • Mi-Parti

  • Symphony No

  • Symphonic Variations

  • Piano Concerto

  • Variations on a Theme by Paganini (Lutosławski)

  • Jeux vénitiens

  • Twenty Polish Christmas Carols

  • Postlude No

  • Lacrimosa

  • Concerto for Orchestra

  • Cello Concerto

  • Les espaces du sommeil

  • Dance Preludes

  • String Quartet

  • Epitaph for oboe and piano

  • Partita

  • Livre pour orchestre

    1968

  • Musique funèbre

  • Silesian Triptych

  • Chantefleurs et Chantefables

  • Funeral Music

  • Double Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Chamber Orchestra

  • Short Circuit

  • Little Suite

    1951

A further 28 recorded entries stand behind this article and are held on the record.

Literature

Literature

Witold Lutosławski: Grave – Metamorphosen für Cello und Klavier (1981). 1966–1994”, red. 1–2, Kraków 2018, Muzyka, 2022.

  • Im Spannungsfeld zwischen Moderne und Tradition, Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie, 2003

  • Kompozytor Tadeáš Salva, słowacki uczeń Bolesława Szabelskiego i Witolda Lutosławskiego, Muzyka, 2024

  • Lutosławski’s Worlds, red./ed

  • Lisa Jakelski, Nicholas Reyland

  • Woodbridge 2018, Muzyka, 2020. „Witold Lutosławski

  • Correspondence with his Western Publishers and Managers

  • Zbigniew Skowron, t

Literature

Scholarly footprint

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Witold Lutosławski studied at Chopin University of Music and Stefan Batory Gymnasium and Lyceum. He trained under Witold Maliszewski.

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