Mateusz (or Mieczysław) Rudkowski (also uk, Матвій Рудковський; c. 1809 — c. 1887) was a Polish composer of choral and piano music.
He received his musical education in Lviv and
Vienna
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. In 1850-1860 he was kapellmeister of the choir of Greek Catholic seminary in Lviv, and directed the Ukrainian choir of
Stauropegion Institute
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Rudkowski was a member of the
Galician Music Society in
Lviv
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, and taught its members choral and especially church singing. Some of his compositions were published at his own expense and by Żupański in
Poznań
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, and others by Wild and Kallenbach in Lviv. He composed a mass performed in Lviv in 1855 or 1856.
Rudkowski's compositions were regularly reviewed in ''
Ruch Muzyczny
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'': Opp. 2 and 3 in 1860, Opp. 4 and 5 in 1861.
[Twice]
Ruch Muzyczny 1861 No. 33
p. 526 an
Ruch Muzyczny 1861 No. 38
p. 599-602
Sources
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* ''Енциклопедія українознавства: Словникова частина:
� 11 т.' / Наукове товариство імені Шевченка; гол. ред. проф., д-р Володимир Кубійович. Париж; Нью-Йорк: Молоде життя; Львів; Київ: Глобус, 1955—2003.
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Муха Антон. ''Композитори України та української діаспори''. К.: 2004.
References
External links
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Scores by Mateusz Rudkowskiin digital library
Polona
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Polish classical composers
Ukrainian classical composers
1800s births
1880s deaths
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