Hanna Skalska-Szemioth


Hanna Wanda Skalska-Szemioth was a Polish composer, journalist, and music educator who composed both classical and popular music, often collaborating with her husband Kazimierz Szemioth.
Skalska was born in Warsaw. She married Szemioth in 1940, then studied with Kazimierz Sikorski at the State Music College in Lodz, graduating in 1953. In the early 1950s, Skalska was a music editor with Polish Radio before teaching at the Frederic Chopin Music School until 1958. She also edited the journal Praca Swietlicowa.
Skalska's popular music was recorded commercially by singers such as Ludmila Jakubczak, Barbara Muszynska, and Natasza Zylska. Her compositions included:

Ballet

  • Piosenka

Chamber

  • String Quartet
  • ''Variations on a Folk Theme''

Orchestra

  • Czerwona Rapsodia

Piano

Vocal

  • “Ah, Fernando again”
  • “Although I know”
  • “Ballada o Krakowiance”
  • “Choc Wiem Beguine”
  • “Kurkurydza Mambo”
  • ”Plamy na Suficie”
  • “Uciekam Przed Noca”
  • “Wakacje z deszczem”
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