Boleslaw Szczeniowski

Boleslaw Szczeniowski (20 July 1898 – 1985) 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 (published by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 1955) and Theoretical analysis of combustion gases (Montreal, 1946).

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.

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 (1956)
 * String Quartet No. 2 (1962)

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