Henryk Opieński

Henryk Opieński (13 January 187021 January 1942) was a Polish composer, violinist, teacher, administrator and musicologist. His writings on, and collected letters by, Frédéric Chopin, were considered of paramount importance in Chopin studies of the time. while continuing his violin studies with Ferdinand Lachner. From 1892 to 1894 he returned to Kraków and worked in the chemical industry, being appointed controller of distilleries at Żółkiew and Rzeszów.

In 1911 he founded the first Polish magazine devoted to musicology, Musical Quarterly (Kwartalnik musyczny), editing it until 1914. He was also editor of Echo muzyczne. later known as Lydia Barblan-Opieńska (1890–1983), a singing teacher and composer of a cantata, piano pieces, choral works and songs. He resumed directing "Motet et Madrigal", and led them on tours of Switzerland, France, Austria, the Netherlands, Czechoslovakia, Germany and his native Poland.

From 1932 to 1936 he served as president of the Société de Musique Vaudois in Lausanne. Jacob the Lutenist, 2 acts and an epilogue (Poznan, 21 December 1927)

Orchestra Lilla Weneda, Op. 12, symphonic poem (1908) Zygmunt August and Barbara, Op. 13, symphonic poem (1911; also called Love and Destiny) Meditations on a Kashubian Theme, symphonic poem (1920)

Instrumental Berceuse, Op. 1, violin and piano Krakowiak, Op. 7, violin and piano Scènes lyriques en forme de quatuor, Op. 10, string quartet Theme Varié, Op. 11, piano (1906)

Voice and piano Sechs Lieder, Op. 8 Three Songs Trois melodies, Op. 9 Song of the May Seven Preludes, Op. 4 Sometimes (Czasem) 30 Polish folk songs (2 albums) Les larmes, Op 5, 6 songs Printemps triste Prélude

Choral La Fuite de l'Hiver, four male voices a cappella The eternal spring, mixed choir a cappella Six national songs, mixed choir a cappella Six national songs, mixed choir a cappella Four songs, male choir a cappella Dance the night mists, choir and orchestra Cantata in honor of Mickiewicz, choir and orchestra (1908) Veni Creator, cantata for chorus and orchestra (1927) L'enfant prodigue, solo voices, chorus and orchestra (1930)

Writings Jacob polonais et Jacobus Reys (1909) Chopin (1910) Paderewski (1910) Chopin's Works (1911) Chopin as Creator (1912) Outlines of the History of Music (1912) La Musique polonaise (1918) Moniuszko (1924) Collected letters of Chopin, 1932 (ed. and trans. E. L. Voynich) I. J. Paderewski: Esquisse de sa vie et de son oeuvre (with Gabriel Hanotaux, Gustave Doret and Alfred Cortot)