Boleslaw Szczeniowski
Boleslaw Szczeniowski was a Canadian aeronautical engineer and composer of Polish descent. A graduate of the school of engineering at Lviv Polytechnic, Szczeniowski made a living as an engineer in Montréal. He published two books: Theory of the siphon jet and Theoretical analysis of combustion gases.
As a composer and musician, Szczeniowski was largely self-taught. He composed a significant amount of vocal music and works for solo piano and a small amount of chamber music.Compositions
Symphonic
- Rustic Dance
Vocal music
- 1954 The rainbow, - text: Marja Konopnicka
- 1954 Will-o'the wisp, - text: Hanna Gross
- 1955 Entends tu…/ Do you hear…, text: Mario Gross
- 1955 Les tenebres/Dusk, - text: Mario Gross
- 1955 Mon chant, - text: Mario Gress
- 1955 Poranek/Morning, - text: Marja Konopnicka
- 1956 Poeme, - text: Marc Gelinas
- 1956 Little Jack Horner
- 1958 La lune dans l'eau, - textt: Wilfrid Lemoine
- 1958 Le petit lapin de la lune, - text: Cecile Duchene
- 1958 Pierrot, - text: Wilfrid Lemoine
- 1959 A poor young Sheppard - text: Paul Verlaine
- 1959 Un grand sommeil noir, - text: Paul Verlaine
- 1960 The house of the hill, - text: Edwin Arlington Robinson
- 1961 Song for the rainy season, - text: Elizabeth Bishop
- 1977 To the dog howling in the middle of the street, - text: Kazimierz Wierzynski
- Ashes - text: Kazimierz Wierzynski
- A door is closing - text: Hanna Gross
- A la clair fountaine
- A little love story/Un petit amour - text: Beata Obertynska
- Chanson des ivrognes, slow-boggie - text: Mario Gross
- Le ciel est par-dessus, text: Paul Verlaine
- Drinking song
- Fall, tekst: Hanna Gross
- Gra w lisa, Foxy - text: Marja Konopnicka
- Je voulais te dire
- Little rain, text: Marja Konopnicka
- Popiot, Ashes-Cendres - text: Kazimierz Wierzynski
- Rues desertes/Deserted streets, - text: Mario Gross
- To sleep, darling/Oj, usnij, - text: Marja Konopnicka
- Swialton, light-lumiere - text: Kazimierz Wierzynski
- Vision/Wizja, - text: Marja Konopnicka
- What lips my lips have kissed, - text: Edna St. Vincent Millay
- What should I sing you/A co wam spiewac, - text: Marja Konopnicka
- Winter ballad - text: Hanna Gross
Chamber music
- String Quartet No. 1
- String Quartet No. 2
Piano works
- 1976 The Gentle Wind
- Seven Etudes
- # For seconds - Allegro
- # For thirds - Allegro
- # For fourths - Andante
- # For fifths - Andantino
- # For sixths - Allegretto
- # For sevenths - Andante
- # For octaves - Largo
- Pieces
- # Prélude
- # Rite sauvage
- # L'aube au Lac Noir
- # Le caribou mourant
- # Thème russe
- # Thème ibérique
- # Promenade aux chutes Darwin
- # Le vent
- # Le ruisseau
- # Le moulin
- # Labourage
- # Songe
- # La pluie
- # Automne
- # Une fontaine
- # Une prière
- # La course
- # Le retour
- # Une barque
- # La nuit
- # Thème polonais
- # Le renard
- # Berceuse
- # Berceau
- # Les hirondelles
- # Été
