pianist, conductor, music tutor and composer, b. 24th January 1899 in Warsaw; d. 24th August 1978, Warsaw. Graduated from the Górski Grammar School in 1916, then studied law at Warsaw University. Music studies with Konstanty Heinze and Wanda Zielińska-Kahl (piano) and Mieczysław Skolimowski (theory); later, in 1919-25, he studied composition with Roman Statkowski (until the latter’s death), then with Witold Maliszewski, and conducting with Emil Młynarski and Henryk Melcer in The State Music Conservatory in Warsaw. In 1926, he made his debut as a conductor in Warsaw Philharmonic. For many years, he was artistic director of the Academic Music Society in Warsaw. He conducted ensembles in the theatres of Warsaw (incl. collaboration with Leon Schiller in the Polski Theatre) and of Łódź; he taught music and choral singing in secondary comprehensive schools, as well as teaching in music schools, in which he directed chamber ensembles. In 1937-39, he was choirmaster in Warsaw Philharmonic. He was most active, however, as a conductor and composer for the Polish Radio. In 1951-53, he was professor of conducting in State Higher School of Music in Sopot (now Stanisław Moniuszko Music Academy in Gdańsk).
Feliks Rybicki frequently received awards in music competitions in Poland for his choral and piano works. In 1952, he was granted the Prime Minister’s Award for works for children and youth.
A sparrow for voice and piano
Moniuszkiana op. 6 symphonic suite for orchestra
Oberek for orchestra
Three nymphs triptych for string orchestra op.11
Short pieces for string orchestra
A wedding overture on folk themes for orchestra
A mill for voice and piano
Train driver’s song for voice and piano
Mounts and valleys a song for children’s or women’s choir
March for an outing for children’s or women’s choir
A gift a song for children’s or women’s choir
Dawn for children’s or women’s choir
In the woods for children’s or women’s choir
Winding wind for children’s or women’s choir
The Royal Castle for voice and piano
Noodles for voice and piano
When I grow up for voice and piano
Suite for string orchestra
A concerto for little hands for piano and orchestra op.53
Krakowiak for violin and piano op.26
String quartet in C major
Mazurkas for piano op. 17
Petite valse for piano
Gavotte for piano
Mary the Orphaned Girl and the Brownies symphonic fable for solo soprano, narrator, mixed choir, children’s choir and orchestra
Eight pieces for a cappella choir
School choirbook for choir
Ten pieces for men’s choir
Oh, night, my night for women’s choir
Rusałka for women’s choir
Most beautiful carols for 2 voices
Spring brings memories of you a song for voice and piano op.44
Darkened, silent, gloomy a song for voice and piano op.37/2
My path a song for voice and piano
Wedding ceremony cantata for solo voices, mixed choir and symphony orchestra
Betrothal a polonaise for orchestra
House of lights a song for mixed choir and piano
Seven songs for voice and piano
Her image for piano (1924)
The little modernist for piano op.23 (1938)
The Poniatowski Bridge for mixed choir and piano (1951)
Builders’ waltz a song for voice and piano (1951)
Concerto in Fa maggiore per flauto e orchestra op.51 (1952)
A gift a song for voice and piano (1952)
Our little garden Czech ans Slovak folk songs for piano op.58 (1971)
Preludes for piano (ca 1926)
Three songs for voice and piano op.3 (ca 1929)
Folk choirbook for women’s choir (ca 1939)
Cantata for the second entombment of Juliusz Słowacki in Poland for 3-part mixed choir (ca 1939)
I start playing easy piano pieces for beginners op.20 (ca 1946)
I already play a collection of easy piano pieces op.21 (ca 1946)
First steps a collection of piano pieces for beginners for two or four hands within the compass of five tones (ca 1947)
Easy men’s choir a collection of 10 folk songs (ca 1947)
Two words a song for voice and piano (ca 1947)
I do not know whither a song for voice and piano (ca 1947)
I can play all for piano op.22 (ca 1948)
Folksongs in easy arrangements for piano (ca 1949)
Album for piano (ca 1951)
In the wide, beautiful world a children’s song for voice and piano (ca 1951)
How should I write to a boy a song for voice and piano (ca 1951)
Oberek for wind orchestra (ca 1951)
Twelve easy pieces for mixed choir (ca 1952)
March for an outing for voice and piano (ca 1952)
When I grow up a song for voice (ca 1953)
A green oak for men’s or mixed choir (ca 1953)
Song for Workers’ Day for voice and piano (ca 1953)
For the rally a song for voice (ca 1953)
Mounts and valleys a song for voice and piano (ca 1954)
Etudes for piano for the left hand op.54 (ca 1964)
Variations for 4 horns op.60 (ca 1977)
