Juliusz Zarębski

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Juliusz Zarębski (March 3, 1854 in Zhytomyr, Ukraine – September 15, 1885 in Zhytomyr) was a Polish composer and pianist, pupil of Franz Liszt.

In his works, Zarębski referred to Franz Liszt and Fryderyk Chopin. He created solo songs for Adam Mickiewicz and Włodzimierz Wolski writings.

Two years before his death he had to put an end to his career as a virtuoso as he was diagnosed with tuberculosis, throwing himself into teaching (he had been appointed professor at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in 1880) and composing. It was in these last years that he composed his most striking music, working in such compositions as the five movements Les roses et les épines on the basis of a rather advanced harmony. Though he continued composing nearly exclusively for the piano, the summit of his output would be his 1885 cyclical Piano Quintet in G minor.

[edit] Compositions for piano

BN: manuscript found in the National Library of Poland (Biblioteka Narodowa)

• Andante ma non troppo, BN
• Romance sans paroles, F minor, ca. 1870, BN
• Adieu, F minor, ca. 1870, BN
• Maria, Piano 4-hands, 1871, BN
• March, pf 4 hands, 1875
• Grande fantaisie, 1876
• Menuet, Op. 1 (n.p. 1879) 3 danses galiciennes, piano 4-hands Op. 2 (Berlin 1880)
• Concert étude, G major, Op. 3 (Berlin 1879)
• 4 Mazurkas, pf 4 hands, Op. 4 (Berlin 1880)
• 2 morceaux en forme de mazurka, piano 4-hands, Op. 5 (Berlin 1881)
• Grande polonaise, F major, Op. 6 (Berlin 1881)
• 3 études de concert, Op. 7 (Mainz 1881)
• Concert-mazurka, C minor, Op. 8 (Mainz 1882)
• Fantaisie polonaise, Op. 9, ca. 1877 (Mainz 1882)
• Polonaise mélancolique, Op. 10 (Mainz 1882)
• Polonaise triomphale, Piano 4-hands, Op. 11 (Mainz 1882)
• Divertissement à la polonaise, Piano 4-hands, Op. 12 (Mainz 1883)
• Les roses et les épines, Op. 13 (Mainz 1883)
• impromptu-caprice, Op. 14 (Leipzig 1883)
• Mazurka de concert no.2, G minor, Op. 15 (Leipzig 1883)
• Suite polonaise, Op. 16 (Leipzig 1883)
• Valse sentimentale, Op. 17 (Leipzig 1884)
• Ballade, G minor, Op. 18 (Wrocław 1884)
• Novellette-caprice, Op. 19 (Wrocław 1884)
• Sérénade burlesque, Op. 20 (Wrocław 1884)
• Berceuse, Op. 22 (Leipzig 1884)
• A travers Pologne, Piano 4-hands, Op. 23 (Wrocław 1884)
• Valse-caprice, Op. 24 (Leipzig 1884)
• Tarantelle, Op. 25 (Leipzig 1885?)
• Sérénade espagnole, Op. 26 (Leipzig 1883)
• Etrennes, Op. 27 (Wrocław 1885)
• Polonaise, Op. 28 (Leipzig 1885)
• Gavotte, Op. 29 (Leipzig 1885)
• Valse, Op. 30 (Leipzig 1885)
• Barcarolle, Op. 31 (Leipzig 1885)
• Menuet, Op. 32 (Mainz 1885)
• Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op. 34 (1885) – dedicated to Franz Liszt; published in Warsaw, 1931

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Persondata
NAME	Zarębski, Juliusz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Polish composer, pianist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 3, 1854
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zhytomyr, Ukraine
DATE OF DEATH	September 15, 1885
PLACE OF DEATH	Zhytomyr, Ukraine