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Witold Maliszewski
1873 - 1939
Poland
Witold Maliszewski (20/07/1873 - 18/07/1939), a Polish composer of opera-ballets, choral and orchestral works, etc., born in Mohylev (Podolia).
Requiem
Requiem, Op.27 (1930), for solo voices, chorus and orchestra.
Requiem settings from the 20th century are remarkable for their range and variety. Those that continue the ‘symphonic’ manner of the previous century include the settings by Maliszewski (1930), G.F. Malipiero (1938), Guido Guerrini (Missa pro defunctis ‘alla memoria di G. Marconi’, 1938–9), Sutermeister (1952), Virgil Thomson (1960) and Frank Martin (1971–2).
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