Mateusz (or Mieczysław)His name is always printed in the scores simply as M. Rudkowski. Different libraries give different versions (M., Mat., Mateusz or Mieczysław). Wanda Bogdany-Popielowa in Ruch muzyczny, 1857-1862 (p. 299) calls him Mieczysław. Rudkowski (also ; c. 1809 — c. 1887) was a Polish composer of choral and piano music.
He received his musical education in Lviv and Vienna. In 1850-1860 he was kapellmeister of the choir of Greek Catholic seminary in Lviv, and directed the Ukrainian choir of Stauropegion Institute.
Rudkowski was a member of the Galician Music Society in Lviv, and taught its members choral and especially church singing.Ruch Muzyczny 1858 No. 19, p. 146; Ruch Muzyczny 1858 No. 21, p. 161. Some of his compositions were published at his own expense and by Żupański in Poznań, and others by Wild and Kallenbach in Lviv. He composed a mass performed in Lviv in 1855 or 1856.Ruch Muzyczny 1858 No. 21, p. 161. Sowiński states that it was a funeral mass for Adam Mickiewicz, confusing it with Peter von Winter's Requiem performed on 19 January 1856.
Rudkowski's compositions were regularly reviewed in Ruch Muzyczny: Opp. 2 and 3 in 1860,Ruch Muzyczny 1860 No. 40, p. 654-655. Opp. 4 and 5 in 1861.Twice: Ruch Muzyczny 1861 No. 33, p. 526 and Ruch Muzyczny 1861 No. 38, p. 599-602
Sources
Енциклопедія українознавства: Словникова частина: [в 11 т.] / Наукове товариство імені Шевченка; гол. ред. проф., д-р Володимир Кубійович. Париж; Нью-Йорк: Молоде життя; Львів; Київ: Глобус, 1955—2003. Муха Антон. Композитори України та української діаспори. К.: 2004.
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External links
Scores by Mateusz Rudkowski in digital library Polona