Roman Maciejewski (b. February 28, 1910 in Berlin, Germany, d. April 30, 1998 in Göteborg, Sweden), Polish composer. February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean [1]. // Coated in ice, power and telephone lines sag and often break, resulting in power outages. ... Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg  listen? ) is a city and a municipality on the western coast of Sweden, in the County of Västra Götaland. ...

Studied in Julius Stern Conservatorium in Berlin, later with Stanisław Wiechowicz and Kazimierz Sikorski in Poznań Conservatory, then continued with Kazimierz Sikorski in Warsaw Conservatory. In his early years highly acclaimed by Karol Szymanowski. In 1934 went to Paris, to study with Nadia Boulanger. Never returned to his native Poland, staying in various countries abroad: France (till 1938), United Kingdom (1938-1939), Sweden (1939-1951), USA (1951-1977) and again Sweden (1977-98). Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Karol Szymanowski Karol Szymanowski Karol Maciej Korwin-Szymanowski (October 6, 1882–March 28, 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... Nadia Boulanger (Paris, September 16, 1887 – Paris, October 22, 1979) was an influential French composer, conductor, and music professor. ...

At first he composed inspired by Karol Szymanowski's late style (Mazurkas for piano, Kurpian Songs for choir). The tragedy of the second world war, and also his very serious illness during his first stay in Sweden, caused a deep change in composer's personality, that has greatly affected his music. From then on he devoted his life to creation of his opus magnum: a great funeral mass dedicated to the victims of wars, crimes and tyranny of all times. Thus during the years of 1945-1959 Missa pro defunctis. Requiem was completed. The premiere of the work took place in 1960 in Warsaw, during the 4th Warsaw Autumn music festival. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Karol Szymanowski Karol Szymanowski Karol Maciej Korwin-Szymanowski (October 6, 1882–March 28, 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Warsaw (Polish: , , in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: ) is the capital of Poland, its largest city, and a gamma world city. ... Cover for the CD of the 2001 Warsaw Autumn festival. ...

Works

• app. 60 Mazurkas for piano
• Kurpian Songs - for choir a cappella (1929)
• The Songs of Bilitis (words by Pierre Louÿs, trans. by Leopold Staff) - for soprano & orch. (1935)
• Concerto for 2 pianos (1936)
• Berceuse and Allegro concertante - for piano & orch. (1944)
• Missa pro defunctis. Requiem - for 4 solo voices, choir & orch. (1945-59)
• Nocturne - for flute, celesta & guitar (1952)
• Missa brevis - for choir & organ (1964)
• Mass of the Resurrection - for choir & organ (1966)
• also chamber, piano and other pieces; theatrical music for the plays directed by Ingmar Bergman