Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996)
Mieczysław
Weinberg is one of the 20th century's greatest hidden treasures.
Born in Poland, Weinberg emigrated to Russia in perilous
circumstances, where he was to live out the rest of his days
half-way between deserved fame and unjustified neglect. Often
seen in the shadow of his close friend Dimitri Shostakovich, by
whom he was regarded as one of the most outstanding composers of
the day, Weinberg is slowly being rediscovered as a 20th century
genius, a figure of immense significance in the landscape of
post-modern classical music. Weinberg's musical idiom
stylistically mixes traditional and contemporary forms,
combining a freely tonal, individual language inspired by
Shostakovich with ethnic (Jewish, Polish, Moldovian) influences
and a unique sense of form, harmony and color. His prolific
output includes 17 string quartets, 21 symphonies, instrumental
sonatas, choral and vocal works, as well as operas and
film-scores.Please note: Some confusion has attended Mieczysław Weinberg’s surname. In Poland he was Wajnberg, in the Soviet Union, Moisey Samuilovich Vaynberg — “Matek” to those who knew him well. A few traditionalists still cling to the other Cyrillic-derived version: “Vainberg”. But there have been a number of other variations, including Wajnberg, Vaynberg or Vijnberg. The music-historian Per Skans has written of the composer’s preference for the standard Westernised version, “Weinberg”, and this spelling is now becoming the norm.
COMPOSITIONS Weinberg Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Composer on Composer
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Two Mazurkas (1933) [no opus number]
Three Pieces for violin and piano (1934) [no opus number]
Opus 1: Lullaby for piano (1935)
Opus 2: String Quartet No. 1 (1937)
Opus 3: String Quartet No. 2 (1940)
Opus 4: Acacias, six romances after J. Tuwim for singer and piano (1940)
Opus 5: Piano Sonata No. 1 (1940)
Opus 6: Symphonic Poem for orchestra (1941)
Opus 7: Three Romances after J. Rivina and A. Prokofiev (1941)
Opus 8: Piano Sonata No. 2 (1942)
Comrades in Arms, operetta (1942) [no opus number]
Clarettes Career, operetta (1942) [no opus number]
Opus 9: Aria for string quartet (1942)
Battle for the Fatherland, ballet (1942) [no opus number]
The Sword of Uzbekistan, opera (1942) [no opus number]
Opus 10: Symphony No. 1 (1942)
Opus 11: Capriccio for string quartet (1943)
Opus 12: Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano (1943)
Opus 13: Children's Songs after I.L. Peretz for singer and piano (1943)
Opus 14: String Quartet No. 3 (1944)
Opus 15: Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano (1944)
Opus 16: Children's Notebook No. 1 (1944)
Opus 17: Jewish Songs after Shmuel Halkin (1944)
Opus 18: Piano Quintet (1944)
Opus 19: Children's Notebook No. 2 (1944)
Opus 20: String Quartet No. 4 (1945)
Opus 21: Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano in C major (1945)
Opus 22: Three Romances after A. Mickiewicz for singer and piano (1945)
Opus 23: Children's Notebook No. 3 (1945)
Opus 24: Piano Trio (1945)
Fantasy on Themes from Adolphe Adam's opera "Le chalet" for orchestra (1945) [no opus number]
Opus 25: Six Romances after F. Tyutchev for singer and piano (1945)
Opus 26: Suite for small orchestra (1939–1945)
Opus 27: String Quartet No. 5 (1945)
Opus 28: Sonata for clarinet and piano (1945)
Opus 29: Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano (1946)
Opus 30: Symphony No. 2 for string orchestra (1946)
Opus 31: Piano Sonata No. 3 (1946)
Opus 32: Elegy after F. Schiller for baritone and piano (1946)
Opus 33: Six Sonettes after W. Shakespeare for bass and piano (1946)
Opus 34: Twenty-One Easy Pieces for piano (1946)
Opus 35: String Quartet No. 6 (1946)
Opus 36: Festive Scenes for orchestra (1946–1947)
Opus 37: Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano (1947)
Opus 38: Four Romances after Maksym Rylsky and G. Nikolayeva for singer and piano (1947)
Opus 39: Sonata No. 4 for violin and piano (1947)
Opus 40: Two Ballet Suites for orchestra (1947)
Two Choruses for male chorus a cappella (1948) [no opus number]
Opus 41: Sinfonietta No. 1 (1948)
Opus 42: Concertino for violin and string orchestra (1948)
Opus 43: Concerto for cello and orchestra in C minor (1948)
Opus 44: Greetings Overture for orchestra (1949)
Opus 45: Symphony No. 3 (1949)
Opus 46: Sonatina for violin and piano in D major (1949)
Opus 47 No. 1: Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes for orchestra (1949)
Opus 47 No. 2: Polish Tunes for orchestra (1949)
Opus 47 No. 3: Moldavian Rhapsody for violin and orchestra (1949)
Opus 47 No. 4: Serenada for orchestra (1949)
Portraits of Friends for piano (1950) [no opus number]
Improvisation for string quartet (1950) [no opus number]
Suite for orchestra (1950) [no opus number]
Opus 48: String Trio (1950)
Rhapsody on Slavonic Themes for orchestra (1950) [no opus number]
Opus 49: Sonatina for piano (1951)
March for orchestra (1952) [no opus number]
Kujawiak and Oberek for two xylophones and orchestra (1952) [no opus number]
Opus 50: At the Source of the Past, songcycle after Alexander Blok for mezzo-soprano and piano (1951)
Opus 51: In the Homeland, cantata after poems of Soviet children for boys-alto, boys chorus, mixed chorus and orchestra (1952)
Overture for orchestra (1953) [no opus number]
Opus 52: Fantasy for cello and orchestra (1951–1953)
Opus 53: Sonata No. 5 for violin and piano (1953)
Opus 54: Partita for piano (1954)
Opus 55: The Golden Key, ballet in six scenes, after Alexey Tolstoy (1954–1955)
Opus 55A: Suite No. 1 from the ballet The Golden Key (1964)
Opus 55B: Suite No. 2 from the ballet The Golden Key (1964)
Opus 55C: Suite No. 3 from the ballet The Golden Key (1964)
Opus 55D: Suite No. 4 from the ballet The Golden Key (1964)
Opus 56: Piano Sonata No. 4 in B minor (1955)
Opus 57: Bible of the Gypsies, seven romances after J. Tuwim for mezzo-soprano and piano (1956)
Opus 58: Piano Sonata No. 5 (1956)
Opus 59: String Quartet No. 7 (1957)
Opus 60: Morning-Red, symphonic poem for orchestra (1957)
Opus 61: Symphony No. 4 in A minor (1957) (Revised in 1961)
Opus 62: Memories after J. Tuwim for middle-voice and piano (1957–1958)
Opus 63: Sonata for cello and piano No. 2 in C major (1958–1959)
Opus 64: The White Chrysantheme, ballet in three acts after A. Rumnev and J. Romanovich (1958)
Opus 65: In the Armenian Mountains after O. Tumanian for singer and piano (1958)
Opus 66: String Quartet No. 8 (1959)
Opus 67: Concerto for violin and orchestra in G minor (1959)
Twelve Months, suite from the film (1959) [no opus number]
Opus 68: Symphonic Songs for orchestra (1959) (Revised from 1951 version)
Opus 69: Sonata for two violins (1959)
Opus 70: Seven Romances after S. Petyof, for tenor and piano (1960)
Opus 71: Seven Romances after various poets for singer and piano (1940-1972)
Opus 72: Sonata No. 1 for cello solo (1960)
Opus 73: Piano Sonata No. 6 (1960)
Opus 74: Sinfonietta No. 2 for string orchestra and timpani (1960)
Opus 75: Concerto for flute and string orchestra (1961)
Opus 76: Symphony No. 5 in F minor (1962)
Opus 77: Old Letters after J. Tuwim for soprano and piano (1962)
Opus 78: Three romances after V. Sosnora, Y. Vinokurov and A. Yashin for singer and piano (1962)
Opus 79: Symphony No. 6 after Leib Kvitko, Shmuel Halkin and M. Lukonin for boys' chorus and orchestra (1962–1963)
Opus 80: String Quartet No. 9 (1963)
Opus 81: Symphony No. 7 in C major for strings and harpsichord (1964)
Opus 82: Sonata No. 1 for violin solo (1964)
Opus 83: Symphony No. 8 Flowers of Poland after J. Tuwim for tenor, mixed chorus and orchestra (1964)
Opus 84: Oh, Grey Fog, romance after J. Tuwim for bass and piano (1964)
Opus 85: String Quartet No. 10 (1964)
Opus 86: Sonata No. 2 for cello solo (1965)
Opus 87: The Diary of Love, cantata after S. Vygodski for tenor, boys' chorus and chamber orchestra (1965)
Opus 88: The Profile, song cycle after S. Vydodski for bass and piano (1965)
Opus 89: String Quartet No. 11 (1965–1966)
Opus 90: Words in Blood, song cycle after J. Tuwim for tenor and piano (1965)
Opus 91: Piotr Plaksin, cantata after J. Tuwim for tenor, alto and nineteen instruments (1965)
Opus 92: Hiroshima, cantata after Fukagawa for mixed chorus and orchestra (1966)
Opus 93: Symphony No. 9 Everlasting Times after J. Tuwim and V. Bronievsky for narrator, chorus and orchestra (1940–1967)
Opus 94: Concerto for trumpet and orchestra in B flat major (1966–1967)
Opus 95: Sonata No. 2 for violin solo (1967)
Requiem, soprano, children's chorus, chorus and orchestra op. 96 (1965–67) [text: after Kedrin, Dudin, Lorca, Fukagawa, etc]
The Traveler [more commonly known as "The Passenger"), opera in 2 acts, op. 97 (1967-68)
Symphony No. 10, A minor, op. 98 (1968)
Triptychon, bass and orchestra, op. 99 (1968) [text: after L. Staff]
Twenty-four Preludes, solo cello, op. 100 (1968)
Symphony No. 11, "Festive Symphony', chorus and orchestra, op. 101 (1969) [text: after various revolutionary poets]
Nobody did have known ..., soprano, chorus and orchestra, op. 102 (1970) [text: Demyan Bedny]
String Quartet No. 12, op. 103 (1969–70)
Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra, op. 104 (1970)
Zosya, opera (1970) [no opus number]
Opus 105: The Madonna and the Soldier, opera in three acts after A. Medvedev (1970)
Opus 106: Sonata No. 3 for cello solo (1971)
Opus 107: Sonata No. 1 for viola solo (1971)
Opus 108: Sonata No. 1 for double-bass solo (1971)
Opus 109: The Love of d'Artagnan, opera after A. Dumas (1971)
Opus 110: When I sing this child asleep, song-cycle after G. Mistral for soprano and piano (1973)
Opus 111: Congratulations!, opera in one act after Sholom Aleichem's play Mazltov! (1975)
Opus 112: Lady Magnesia, opera in one act after G.B. Shaw (1975)
Opus 113: Six Ballet Scenes for orchestra (1973–1975)
Opus 114: Symphony no. 12 (1975–1976)
Opus 115: Symphony no. 13 (1976)
Opus 116: From the Lyrics of Zhukovsky, songcycle after V. Zhukovsky for bass and piano (1976)
Opus 117: Symphony No. 14 (1977)
Opus 118: String Quartet No. 13 (1977)
Opus 119: Symphony No. 15 I Believe in This Earth after M. Dudin for soprano, baritone, women's chorus and orchestra (1977)
Opus 120: Three Palmtrees after M. Lermontov for soprano and string quartet (1977)
Opus 121: Sonata No. 2 for cello solo (second version, 1977)
Opus 122: String Quartet No. 14 (1978)
Opus 123: Sonata No. 2 for viola solo (1978)
Opus 124: String Quartet No. 15 (1979)
Opus 125: From the Lyrics of Baratinsky, songcycle after Y. Baratynsky for bass and piano (1979)
Opus 126: Sonata No. 3 for violin solo (1979)
Opus 127: Trio for flute, harp and viola (1979)
Opus 128: The Portrait, opera in eight scenes after N. Gogol (1980)
Opus 129: The Golden Dress, operetta after E. Galperina (1980)
Opus 130: String Quartet No. 16 (1981)
Opus 131: Symphony no. 16 (1981)
Opus 132: The Relic, recitative for bass and piano
Opus 133: Sonata for bassoon solo
Opus 134: From Afanasy Fet's Poetry, songs for bass and piano
Opus 135: Sonata No. 3 for viola solo
Opus 136: Sonata No. 4 for viola solo
Opus 136bis: Sonata No. 6 for violin and piano (1982)
Opus 137: Symphony No. 17 Memory (1984)
Opus 138: Symphony No. 18 War, there is no word more cruel (1986)
Opus 139: Six Children's Songs for voice and piano (1986)
Opus 140: Sonata No. 4 for solo cello (1986)
Opus 141: String Quartet No. 1 (1986) (Recomposition of opus 2)
Opus 142: Symphony No. 19 The Bright May (1986)
Opus 143: The Banners of Peace, symphonic poem (1986)
Opus 144: The Idiot, opera after F. Dostoyevsky (1985)
Opus 145: Chamber Symphony No. 1 (1987)
Opus 146: String Quartet No. 17 (1987)
Opus 147: Chamber Symphony No. 2 (1987)
Opus 148: Flute Concerto No. 2 (1987)
Opus 149: Music to the Film "The Tale of the Love for a Painter" (1987)
Opus 150: Symphony No. 20 (1988)
Opus 151: Chamber Symphony No. 3 (1991)
Opus 152: Symphony No. 21 ("Kaddish") (1991)
Opus 153: Chamber Symphony No. 4 (1992)
WORKS BY GENRE Weinberg Links ~ ~ ~ Composer on Composer ~ top of page ~
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Dramatic/Theater
Orchestra
Band
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Chorus w/Orchestra
Choral
Chamber
Instrument and Piano
Solo Instrument
Piano
Vocal
Incidental/Film
Electronic/Electroacoustic
FOR PERCUSSION
Chamber
Solo Instrument
Marimba
Solo Percussion
Percussion Ensemble
Percussion Method Books and Etudes
WEINBERG LINKS Works by Genre ~ ~ ~ Composer on Composer ~ top of page ~
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How Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s Music Survived Dictators (Benjamin Ivry, Jewish Daily Forward)
Composer website . . . inquire about Mieczysław Weinberg: here
Weinberg @ Wikipedia
Weinberg @ Answers.com
Weinberg @ Art + Culture
Weinberg @ Art of the States
Weinberg @ Audiophile Audition (via Google Advanced Search) http://www.google.com/advanced_search
Weinberg @ Classic Cat
Weinberg @ Classical Archives
Weinberg @ Classical Composers Database
Weinberg @ Classical Net
Weinberg @ ClassicsToday (via Google Advanced Search) http://www.google.com/advanced_search
Weinberg @ composition:today/ http://www.compositiontoday.com/composers/a.asp
Weinberg @ Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers
Weinberg @ Facebook
Weinberg @ Grawemeyer Awards
Weinberg @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Weinberg @ IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library
Weinberg @ InstantEncore
Weinberg @ IRCAM / http://brahms.ircam.fr/composers/alphabetical-order/r/
Weinberg @ Karadar Classical Music/ find via / http://www.google.com/advanced_search
Weinberg @ Klassika/ http://www.klassika.info / http://www.google.com/advanced_search
Weinberg @ LinkedIn
Weinberg @ Modern Classical / http://www.modernclassical.com/20tha.html
Weinberg @ MSN Music
Weinberg @ Music Academy Online
Weinberg @ Musica Kaleidoskopea
Weinberg @ MusicWeb International
Weinberg @ musicianguide.com / http://www.musicianguide.com/
Weinberg @ MySpaceMusic
Weinberg @ Naxos
Weinberg @ New Music USA [formerly American Music Center] http://library.newmusicusa.org/?amc=true
Weinberg @ The New York Times
Weinberg @ NNDB
Weinberg @ W.W. Norton
Weinberg @ The OREL Foundation
Weinberg @ Peermusic
Weinberg @ Piano Society [Bowles; William Duckworth; Heino Eller; Mompou; Respighi; Turina]
Weinberg @ The Pulitzer Prizes / http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Music
Weinberg @ REC Music Foundation /The Lied and Art Song TeWeinbergts Page
Weinberg @ Sinfini Music
Weinberg @ US Opera/ http://www.usopera.com/composers/
http://www.musicsage.org
Publisher
Weinberg @ Composer's website/publisher listings
Weinberg @ Alphonse Leduc
Weinberg @ Boosey & Hawkes
Weinberg @ Chester Novello
Weinberg @ Carl Fischer
Weinberg @ Oxford University Press
Weinberg @ Peermusic
Weinberg @ Edition Peters
Weinberg @ Theodore Presser
Weinberg @ G. Schirmer
Weinberg @ Schott Music
Weinberg @ Universal Edition
FOR FILM COMPOSERS
Weinberg @ BFI Screenonline / http://www.screenonline.org.uk/
Weinberg @ CITWF (Complete IndeWeinberg to World Film) / http://www.citwf.com/
Weinberg @ Fandango / http://www.fandango.com/
Weinberg @ Filmbug / http://www.filmbug.com/
Weinberg @ The Film Noir.net / http://filmsnoir.net/
Weinberg @ Film Reference / http://www.filmreference.com/
Weinberg @ Film Score Click Track / http://filmscoreclicktrack.com/
Weinberg @ Film Score Monthly / http://www.filmscoremonthly.com/daily/indeWeinberg.cfm
Weinberg @ Filmtracks / http://www.filmtracks.com/
Weinberg @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Weinberg @ mfiles / http://www.mfiles.co.uk/
Weinberg @ Movie Music UK/ http://moviemusicuk.us/
Weinberg @ MSN Movies
Weinberg @ The New York Times/movies
Weinberg @ Reel Classics / http://www.reelclassics.com/
Weinberg @ SoundtrackCollector / http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/
Weinberg @ Soundtrack EWeinbergpress / http://soundtrack-eWeinbergpress.blogspot.com/
Weinberg @ SoundtrackNet / http://www.soundtrack.net/
Weinberg @ Turner Classic Movies / http://www.tcm.com/
Streaming Audio
Weinberg @ Composer's website - check under individual work listings
Weinberg @ Classical Archives
Weinberg @ last.fm
Weinberg @ MySpaceMusic
Weinberg @ NPRmusic
Weinberg @ PRWeinberg (Public Radio EWeinbergchange)/ http://www.prWeinberg.org/
Weinberg @ Rhapsody.com
Weinberg @ SoundCloud
Recordings
Weinberg @ Composer's website
Weinberg @ Amazon.com
Weinberg @ ArkivMusic
Weinberg @ CD Baby
Weinberg @ CD Universe
Weinberg @ ClassicsOnline
Weinberg @ Discogs
Weinberg @ itunes https://itunes.apple.com
Weinberg @ Naxos
Weinberg @ Sinfini Music
Video
Weinberg @ YouTube
Weinberg @ Google Video
Weinberg @ Vimeo (via Google Advanced Search) http://www.google.com/advanced_search
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