Mateusz Rudkowski

Mateusz (or Mieczysław)^[1] Rudkowski (also Ukrainian: Матвій Рудковський; 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.^[2] 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.^[3]

Rudkowski's compositions were regularly reviewed in Ruch Muzyczny: Opp. 2 and 3 in 1860,^[4] Opp. 4 and 5 in 1861.^[5]

Sources

• Albert Sowiński (1874). Słownik muzyków polskich dawnych i nowoczesnych. p. 326.
• Karol Estreicher (1876). Bibliografia polska XIX stólecia. T. 4 (R–U). p. 139.
• 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. ISBN 966-8259-08-4