Juliusz Zarebski (Jules Zarembski) Born 28.2.1854, Zytomierz (now Zhitomir) Ukraine Died 15.9.1885 Zhitomir
He started to play his own compositions in public at the age of 9. He went on to study in Vienna under Dachs and in 1874 went to Rome and became a pupil of Lizst. In 1879 he became a professor at the Brussels Conservatoire but unfortunately had to leave after a short time suffering with consumption.
He learnt to play the 'Piano Mangeot' with double keyboard and gave some public performances on this.
There are 34 works with opus numbers and a number of early works without.
Chamber
Piano Quintet in G minor Op.34 1885 pub. by Edition Silvertrust
Piano Trio 1872
Dances of Galicia for piano duet Op.21 - later orchestrated by Lizst
Piano
Romance sans paroles in F minor 1870
Adieu in F minor 1870
'Maria' overture to opera piano -four hands 1871
March - four hands 1875
Andante ma mon troppo
Minuet Op.1
Three Galician Dances piano-four hands Op.2
Concert etude in G Op.3 pub. by C Simon, Berlin
Four mazurkas piano four hands Op.4
Two morceaux en forme de mazurka piano four hands Op.5
Grande Polonaise in F sharp minor Op.6 1881 pub. by C Simon, Berlin
Three etudes de concert Op.7
Mazurecka Koncertowy in C minor Op.8 pub. by Schott
Fantasie polonaise Op.9
Polonaise melancolique Op.10 pub. by B Schott's Sohne
Polonaise triomphale in A major Op.11
Divertissement a la polonaise piano four hands Op.12
Impromptu-caprice in G major Op.14 pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel
Mazurka de concert No.2 in G sharp minor Op.15
Suite Polonaise in G major Op.16 1883
Valse sentimale Op.17
Ballade in Gminor Op.18 pub. by Julius Hainauer
Novellette-caprice Op.19
Serenade Burlesque in D major Op.20 pub. by Julius Hainauer, Breslau
Berceuse in A flat major Op.22 pub. by Robert Forberg
A travers Pologne piano four hands Op.23
Valse caprice Op.24 pub. by Robert Forberg
Tarentelle Op.25
Serenade espagnole Op.26
Etrennes Op.27
Polonaise in B major Op.28 1888 pub. by August Cranz
Gavotte Op.29 pub. by August Cranz
Valse Op.30 pub. by August Cranz
Barcarolle in A flat major Op.31 pub. by August Cranz
Minuet Op.32
Polonaise in E minor
'Roses and Thorns'
Three mazurkas
Seven mazurkas for piano 4 hands
Les Roses et Les Epines; Andante con moto, Presto, Andante, Allegro molto, Allegretto. pub. by Gebethner & Wolff
Grande Fantasia 1826 destroyed by composer
Songs
'Vilya, Mother of our streams'
'The trees, freshly in bloom'
Does that piano trio still exist, I wonder. I'd love to see it if it does.
I believe the trio is an early work and have not been able to trace it. Zarebski died in his parents house which might suggest that they would have inherited his early music archive.
It'll be interesting to see a documentary concerning the whereabouts of the original Piano Mangeot. It was stolen during WWII. Even though it was huge, would the Nazis have been able to smuggle it when some of them escaped to South America? Somewhere in Peru someone is enjoying the fruits of les frères Mangeot's stunning achievement.
Yes, I would love to know where it is, I have a fascination for odd 19th and 20th centuary instruments. There used to be a piano in the Mechanical Instrument Museum, West London, with a vertical keyboard which the performer would sit astride as though playing a harp. They also have a mechanical violin which instead of a bow is played by wheels. At a recent piano auction at Conway Hall there was a grand piano whose case was made out of malachite. I digress I know.
Oh... the Mechanical Instrument Museum. It's ages since I've been. Does it still exist? They have some fascinating instruments there.