Natanson, Tadeusz

Natanson, Tadeusz, Polish composer and pedagogue; b. Warsaw, Jan. 26, 1927; d. Wroclaw, Nov. 10, 1990. He studied composition with K. Wilkomirski, P. Perkowski, and S. Poradowski at the Wroclaw Academy of Music (1952–56). He was on its faculty (from 1957), and also taught at the Warsaw Academy of Music (from 1977), where he received his Ph.D. (1977; with a diss. on music therapy as a function of music). He also taught at the Univ. of Silesia in Cieszyn (from 1983), where he served as head of the Inst. for Music Therapy (from 1984).

Works

dramatic:QUO VADIS, ballet-pantomime (1970); Tamango, opera (1972). orch.:Toccata (1956); 2 piano concertos (1956, 1980); Polifonie for 2 String Orchs. (1958); Rondo concertante for Violin and Orch. (1958); Double Concerto for 2 Saxophones and Orch. (1959); 7 syms.: No. 1, Wroclaw, for Piano and Orch. (1961), No. 2 (1964), No. 3, “John Kennedy in Memoriam” (1965), No. 4 (1969), No. 5 for Baritone, Chorus, and Orch. (1974), No. 6 (1980), and No. 7 (1982); Concerto breve for Trombone and Orch. (1963); Viola Concerto (1971); Triptyque (1976); Symphoniette classique (1979). chamber: 2 wind quartets (1960, 1987); Toccata for 2 Clarinets, 2 Horns, and Piano (1964); 2 trios for Violin, Cello, and Piano (1965, 1966); Oboe Sonata (1977); Sonata antiqua for Wind Quintet (1978); Sextet for 3 Trumpets and 3 Trombones (1981). vocal:Satires for Chorus and Instrumental Ensemble (1960); I Prayed to Jehovah for Reciter and Orch. (1964); Cain’s Question for Reciter and Orch. (1967; also for Reciter and Men’s Voices); A Salt Shaker Full of Pepper for Men’s Chorus (1968); Familiale for Reciter and Chamber Ensemble (1979).

—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis Mclntire