Marcin Mielczewski

Biography

Marcin Mielczewski (c. 1600 – September 1651) was, together with his tutor Franciszek Lilius and Bartłomiej Pękiel, among the most notable Polish composers in the 17th century.

Biography

By 1632 he was a composer and musician in the royal chapel in Warsaw. In 1645 he became director of music to Charles Ferdinand Vasa, the brother of King Władysław IV. Mielczewski died in Warsaw in September 1651.
His known works are largely in the stile concertato, and Szweykowski suggests that the way "in which the words are given full expression" means he is likely to have composed secular vocal works in addition to the surviving sacred corpus. In his mass O glorioso domina and one of his instrumental canzonas, Mielczewski quotes popular Polish tunes; the latter is notable for being the earliest documented use of the mazurka in classical music.

Masses

Missa Triumphalis a 14
Missa Cerviensiana, six voices and six instruments
Missa O Gloriosa domina, six voices and basso continuo
Missa super 'O Gloriosa Domina'

Motet

Ante thorum huius Virginis
Audite et admiramini
Audite gentes et exsultate
Beata Dei Genitrix
Benedictio et claritas
Benedictus sit Deus
Confitemini Domino
Credidi a 8
Credidi a 12
Currite populi
Dixit Dominus
Gaude Dei Genitrix
Gaudete omnes et exsultate
Ingredimini omnes
Iste cognovit
Iubilate Deo
Laetatus sum
Lauda Jerusalem Dominum
Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius
Laudate pueri Dominum
Magnificat octavi toni
Magnificat primi toni
Magnificat tertii toni
Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum
O lumen Ecclesiae
Plaudite manibus
Quem terra, pontus, aethera
Triumphalis dies
Victimae paschali laudes
Virgo prudentissima

Others

Canzona prima a due
Canzona prima a tre
Canzona quarta a tre
Canzona quinta a tre
Canzona seconda a due
Canzona seconda a tre
Canzona terza a tre
Deus in nomine tuo
Salve Virgo Puerpera
Sub tuum praesidium
Veni Domine
Vesperae Dominicales I
Vesperae Dominicales II

Selected recordings

Mielczewski: Complete Works Vol.1-6 Musicae Antiquae Collegium Varsoviense Lilianna Stawarz 6CDs 1998-2000
Mielczewski: Missa super O Gloriosa Domina (on Msze Staropolskie) Il Canto 1993 (Accord)
Mielczewski: Virgo prudentissima; Quem terra pontus; Beata Dei Genitrix (2 Versionen); Salve virgo; Ante thorum huius virginis; Magnificat primi toni (with works by Adam Jarzebski and Mikołaj Zielenski), Weser-Renaissance Manfred Cordes (cpo)
Mielczewski: Virgo Prudentissima with works by Bartłomiej Pękiel) Les Traversees, Meyer (K617) 5.99
Vesperae Dominicales, Wroclaw Baroque Ensemble Andrzej Kosendiak,(Accord) 2016