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M. J. Niedzielski,[1] also known as Jean Niedzielski,[2] (1851 – 3 June 1925) was a Polish violinist and composer. He toured as a concert violinist throughout Europe and the United States; ultimately settling in America.[3]

Early life and education

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M. J. Niedzielski was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1851.[1] He studied violin with Lambert Massart[3] and with Pablo de Sarasate at the Conservatoire de Paris.[1] A child prodigy, he made his professional concert debut at the age of 7 performing with the cellist Adrien-François Servais.[1]

Performances in Europe

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Niedzielski toured widely in Europe as a concert violinist.[3] In August 1864 he made his first appearance in England at the Royal Opera House performing in a concert series organized and conducted by Alfred Mellon.[4] That same month he performed a concert in London under conductor Enrico Bevignani.[5] He performed in a concert at St James's Hall in March 1866,[6] and the following May was performing in London's Beethoven Rooms with pianist William Cusins among other musicians.[7][8] In June 1866 he performed in a concert at the Hanover Square Rooms organized by composer Francesco Berger and his wife, the contralto Annie Lascelles.[9] The following month he performed in a benefit concert organized by the London gentry at Messers. Collard's Concert-room, in Grosvenor Street. Patrons included Louisa Beresford, Marchioness of Waterford, Frances Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry, and Agnes Duff, Countess Fife among other society women.[10]

In August 1866 Niedzielski performed a concert at Birmingham Town Hall with James Stimpson as his conductor.[11] The reviewer in the Birmingham Daily Post described him as an "imitator of Henryk Wieniawski" who "displayed tastes and talent of no mean order. His tone is light, his style playful and spirited, and his execution generally very neat and finished."[12] After this he worked as a violinist in Paris,[13] before briefly returning to England in October 1868 to perform in concert with Charles Baetens [ca] at St George's Hall, Bradford.[14]

In 1874 Niedzielski was engaged as the concertmaster of an orchestra led by Edouard Audibert which performed at several venues in England; including the Royal Drill Hall, Beckett St in Derby,[15] St George's Hall, Bradford,[16] and the Assembly Rooms, Cheltenham.[17] In 1875 he toured England in concerts with mezzo-soprano Stella Bonheur, soprano Madame Sinico-Campbello, and the latter's husband, baritone Enrico Campobello (real name Henry McLean Martin) for performances in Ormskirk[18] Tunbridge Wells,[19][20] Warrington,[21] Leamington Spa,[22] Bradford,[23] and Bournemouth.[24] After this he played in the first violin section of the Royal Opera House and was concertmaster of the orchestra at the Theatre Royal, Leicester.[25]

In 1877 Niedzielski played as a solo violinist in concerts of music given by an Italian opera company led by sopranos Emma Howson and Madame Sinico, and tenor William Shakespeare.[26][27] That year he performed in concerts at the Kibble Palace in Glasgow,[28] the Exhibition Palace in Dublin,[29][30] Ulster Hall in Belfast,[31][32] Portland Hall in Southsea,[33][34] Victoria Hall in Exeter,[27] the Victoria Rooms, Bristol,[35] The Great Hall in Tunbridge Wells,[36] Kinnaird Hall in Dundee,[37] the Greenock Municipal Buildings,[38] the Bath Assembly Rooms,[39] and Music Hall in Worcester, England.[40][41] In October 1877 he accompanied soprano Emma Albani in a concert given in Brighton.[42] He was still with the Italian opera company led by Howson and company in January 1878 for performances at Victoria Hall in Carlisle.[43] In July 1879 he gave a concert at Steinway Hall in London.[44]

In 1882 he was a member of the first violin section in the orchestra at the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival under Prosper Sainton as concertmaster and Michael Costa as conductor.[45]

Later life and career in the United States

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His photograph was featured on the front cover of The Musical Courier on November 12, 1890. He composed several works for the violin; including nocturnes, reveries, a grand bolero de concert, and "Souvenir de Varsovie".[46]

He was the father of pianist Stanislas Niedzielski.[3] Niedzielski died in Manhattan at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital on 3 June 1925.[47]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Wier 1938, p. 1307.
  2. ^ "Instruction Musical". The New York Times. December 30, 1911. p. 19.
  3. ^ a b c d Straeten 1968, p. 385.
  4. ^ "Mr. Alfred Mellon's Concerts". The Morning Post. August 15, 1864. p. 4.
  5. ^ "Mons. J. Niedzielski". The Orchestra: A Weekly Review of Music and Drama. II (46). Cramer, Wood, & Co.: 734. August 13, 1864.
  6. ^ "St. James's Hall—A Grand Morning Concert". The Morning Post. March 19, 1866. p. 1.
  7. ^ "Under Royal and Distinguished Patronage". The Morning Post. May 23, 1866. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Beethoven Rooms, Harley Street". The Standard. May 31, 1866. p. 6.
  9. ^ "Mr. Francesco Berger and Mme. Berger-Lascelles Morning Concert". The Times. Jun 6, 1866. p. 1.
  10. ^ "By the Kind Permission of Messers. Collard". The Morning Post. July 3, 1866. p. 1.
  11. ^ "Birmingham". The Era. August 26, 1866. p. 12.
  12. ^ "Monday Evening Concerts". Birmingham Daily Post. August 21, 1866. p. 5.
  13. ^ "M. Niedzielski". Liverpool Daily Post. January 25, 1868. p. 1.
  14. ^ "St. George's Hall, Bradford". Telegraph and Argus. October 8, 1868. p. 1.
  15. ^ "Drill Hall, Derby". The Derby Mercury. February 11, 1874. p. 8.
  16. ^ "This Evening. St. George's Hall, Bradford". The Bradford Observer. February 14, 1874. p. 1.
  17. ^ "Assembly Rooms, Cheltenham". The Cheltenham and County Looker-on. February 21, 1874. p. 1.
  18. ^ "Ormskirk Working Men's Institute". The Ormskirk Advertiser. February 4, 1875. p. 1.
  19. ^ "Grand Concert of Sacred Music". Tunbridge Wells Courier. March 5, 1875. p. 5.
  20. ^ "Grand Concert". Tunbridge Wells Courier. February 26, 1875. p. 5.
  21. ^ "Warrington". The Era. February 28, 1875. p. 7.
  22. ^ "Regent Hotel, Leamington". The Morning Post. March 1, 1875. p. 6.
  23. ^ "Saturday Night's Entertainment in St. George's Hall". The Bradford Observer. May 3, 1875. p. 3.
  24. ^ "Bournemouth". Western Gazette. April 16, 1875. p. 8.
  25. ^ "M. Niedzielski". Leicester Chronicle. September 2, 1876. p. 9.
  26. ^ "City Hall Concert". Glasgow Daily Mail. November 1, 1877. p. 4.
  27. ^ a b "La Sonnambula". Trewman's Exeter Flying Post. October 17, 1877. p. 8.
  28. ^ "Kibble Palace, Glasgow". The Herald. March 1, 1877. p. 1.
  29. ^ "Italian Promenade Concerts". Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser. October 30, 1877. p. 6.
  30. ^ "Exhibition Palace". Freeman's Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser. September 3, 1877. p. 1.
  31. ^ "Belfast Choral Association". Belfast News-Letter. September 29, 1877. p. 1.
  32. ^ "Belfast Choral Association". Belfast News-Letter. October 13, 1877. p. 3.
  33. ^ "Portland Hall, Southsea". Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle. September 29, 1877. p. 4.
  34. ^ "Concert at the Portland Hall, Southsea". Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle. October 27, 1877. p. 5.
  35. ^ "Concerts at the Victoria Rooms". Western Daily Press. October 19, 1877. p. 3.
  36. ^ "A Grand Morning Concert". Tunbridge Wells Courier. October 19, 1877. p. 5.
  37. ^ "Madame Sinico in Kinnaird Hall, Dundee". The Courier and Argus. October 31, 1877. p. 1.
  38. ^ "This Evening. Town Hall, Greenock". Greenock Telegraph. November 5, 1877. p. 1.
  39. ^ "Bath. Assembly Rooms". The Era. October 21, 1877. p. 7.
  40. ^ "Music Hall". The Worcester Herald. September 8, 1877. p. 1.
  41. ^ "Mr. E. J. Sparks Grand Concert". The Worcestershire Advertiser and Agricultural Gazette. October 27, 1877. p. 5.
  42. ^ "Brighton". The Daily Telegraph. October 23, 1877. p. 1.
  43. ^ "Carlisle". The Era. January 13, 1878. p. 8.
  44. ^ "M. J. Niedzielski's Concert". The Era. July 6, 1879. p. 5.
  45. ^ "Orchestra for the Birmingham Festival". The Musical World: 528. August 26, 1882.
  46. ^ "Personals. M. J. Niedzielski". The Musical Courier. 21 (560): 477, 480. November 12, 1890.
  47. ^ "Wills for Probate; Niedzielski, Jean". The New York Times. June 11, 1925. p. 38.

Bibliography

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  • Straeten, E. Van Der. The History of the Violin: Its Ancestors and Collateral Instruments From Earliest Times, Volume II. Da Capo Press.
  • Wier, Albert E., ed. (1938). "Niedzielski, M. J.". The MacMillan Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians In One Volume. The MacMillan Company.
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