Janina Skowronska

Janina Skowronska (8 February 1920 – 1992) was a Polish composer who is best remembered for her arrangements of folk songs, and for creating Little Chopin, a children’s musical based on the life and works of Frederic Chopin.

Skowronska was born to a Polish family in Germakowka (then in the USSR, now in Ukraine). She studied music at the State Music College in Wroclaw, Poland, and with Tadeusz Szeligowski. She received a diploma in 1961.

Skowronska’s compositions included:

Chamber

Theme and Variations (string quartet) Drugi Brzeg (soprano, oboe, two clarinets and horn) Moda Pani Czepca Nie Ma (mixed chorus) Ziemio Moja (mixed chorus)