Bartłomiej Pękiel (; fl. from 1633; d. ca. 1670) was a
Polish
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* Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe
* Polish language
* Poles
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composer of
baroque music.
Biography
The writer and composer
Johann Mattheson
Johann Mattheson (28 September 1681 – 17 April 1764) was a German composer, singer, writer, lexicographer, diplomat and music theorist.
Early life and career
The son of a prosperous tax collector, Mattheson received a broad liberal education ...
claimed that the composer was German and his name is sometimes recorded as "Peckel". Pękiel served the court in
Warsaw
Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...
from about 1633. After the
Swedish invasion of Poland in 1655 he then moved to
Wawel Cathedral
The Wawel Cathedral ( pl, Katedra Wawelska), formally titled the Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus, is a Roman Catholic cathedral situated on Wawel Hill in Kraków, Poland. Nearly 1000 years old, it is part of the ...
Chapel in
Kraków
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, where he was
Kapellmeister after the death of
Franciszek Lilius
Franciszek (Franciscus) Lilius (c. 1600 – 1657) was a Polish composer, a descendant of the Italian Giglis family. He significantly contributed to the musical culture of Warsaw in the 17th century. In 1630, he moved to Kraków
Kraków (), o ...
in 1657. After 1664 there are few references to him; the next Kapellmeister was appointed in 1670.
29 of Pękiel's works survive, mostly in manuscript. The musicologist Bartłomiej Gembicki divides these into two stages; early baroque (Warsaw) and church music in the style of (Kraków). He wrote the only Polish church
oratorio
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, on the topic of
The Last Judgement
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.
Works
Choral
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Motet (ATTB)
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Instrumental
* (for 3
viole da gamba, six voices and
basso continuo)
* ("Three Polish Dances"): Uroczysty (moderato) - Dostojny (andante) - Wesoły (allegro)
* (for five voices and basso continuo)
Notable recordings
* ''Bartłomiej Pękiel'',
The Sixteen
The Sixteen are a United Kingdom-based choir and period instrument orchestra; founded by Harry Christophers, they started as an unnamed group of sixteen friends in 1977, giving their first billed concert in 1979.
The group performs early Engl ...
, COR16110, June 2013
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pekiel, Bartlomiej
Year of birth missing
1670s deaths
Polish Baroque composers
Polish classical composers
Polish male classical composers
17th-century classical composers
17th-century male musicians