Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “To Sing Out the Future of Our Beloved Fatherland”
- 2 Pieśni o ziemi naszej (Songs of Our Land)
- 3 The Convention of “Unhappy Memory”
- 4 “Active Duty”
- 5 “Cultural Care”
- 6 World War II and a New Immigration
- 7 The Czechlewski Years: The Ideological Organization Redefined
- 8 Polish American Choral Culture
- 9 “Let Poland Be Poland!”
- 10 Quo Vadis Polish Song in North America?
- Appendix A PSAA National Officers
- Appendix B National Conventions
- Appendix C Individual Choirs
- Appendix D Honorary Members
- Appendix E Compositions of Antoni Małłek Celebrating the Holy Trinity Immigrant Neighborhood in Chicago
- Appendix F Membership
- Appendix G Hlond Trophy Winners
- Appendix H Children’s Choirs
- Appendix I Selected Biographies
- Appendix J Competition Songs, Winning Choirs, and Free Selection at National Conventions of the Polish Singers Alliance of America
- Appendix K Guest Artists and Selections Performed at National and International Conventions of the Polish Singers Alliance of America, 1905–1998
- Appendix L Songs Sung by Choirs at Concerts of the National and International Conventions of the Polish Singers Alliance of America
- Appendix M PSAA Districts and Choirs—1999
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Appendix D - Honorary Members
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “To Sing Out the Future of Our Beloved Fatherland”
- 2 Pieśni o ziemi naszej (Songs of Our Land)
- 3 The Convention of “Unhappy Memory”
- 4 “Active Duty”
- 5 “Cultural Care”
- 6 World War II and a New Immigration
- 7 The Czechlewski Years: The Ideological Organization Redefined
- 8 Polish American Choral Culture
- 9 “Let Poland Be Poland!”
- 10 Quo Vadis Polish Song in North America?
- Appendix A PSAA National Officers
- Appendix B National Conventions
- Appendix C Individual Choirs
- Appendix D Honorary Members
- Appendix E Compositions of Antoni Małłek Celebrating the Holy Trinity Immigrant Neighborhood in Chicago
- Appendix F Membership
- Appendix G Hlond Trophy Winners
- Appendix H Children’s Choirs
- Appendix I Selected Biographies
- Appendix J Competition Songs, Winning Choirs, and Free Selection at National Conventions of the Polish Singers Alliance of America
- Appendix K Guest Artists and Selections Performed at National and International Conventions of the Polish Singers Alliance of America, 1905–1998
- Appendix L Songs Sung by Choirs at Concerts of the National and International Conventions of the Polish Singers Alliance of America
- Appendix M PSAA Districts and Choirs—1999
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
1890 Wiktorya Mikityńska, Chicago, IL
Konstantcya Dombrowska, Racine, WI
1892 Professor Tytus Ernest, Utica, NY
Professor A. De Kątski [Kontski]
Franciszek Gryglaszewski
Reverend Wolajtis
1893 Teodor Gumiński, Grand Rapids, MI
1896 Bolesław Dembiński, Poland
1901 Jan Nowicki, Bay City, MI [UPSAA]
1907 Wiktor Obecny, member of Lutnia (Brooklyn, NY), who has worked for 17 years “in the field of Polish song in the United States”
Jan Gall—composer
Zygmunt Nowakowski—composer
Władysław Żeleński—composer
Antoni Schreiber, Censor of the PNA, and long-time PSAA member
Józef Chmieliński, member of Chopin (Chicago), and longtime PSAA activist
1913 (?) Róża Kwasigroch, Chicago, IL
Agnieszka Nehring
Tadeusz Wroński
1923 (?) Reverend Antoni Górski, Pastor, St. Stanislaus Parish, Amsterdam, NY
1929 Ignacy Jan Paderewski—pianist and patriot
1934 Major Doctor Jan Niezgoda—President of the Zjednoczenie Polskich Związków Śpiewaczych i Muzycznych
Professor Jerzy Bojanowski
Józef Handke—member of Chopin Choir No. 1, former PSAA Secretary General, and then Librarian and Standard Bearer
1937 Antoni Ponikowski—President of the Zjednoczenie Polskich Związków Śpiewaczych I Muzycznych
Senator Władysław Raczkiewicz of Poland, President of the World League of Poles [Światpol]
Józef Ruśkiewicz of Buffalo, PSAA activist who unified the Buffalo-area choirs into a PSAA District; publisher of Dziennik dla Wszystkich
1940 Jakub Kaczyński, former PSAA Treasurer and member of the Drużyna, No. 139 Stanisław Niedzielski, Lutnia, No. 4
1944 Alexander Karczyński, former General Director Anthony W. Matuszewski, Choral Director of District No. 3 Frank Sztul—posthumously, the Honorary President of District No. 3
1947 Cecylia Szelazkiewicz
Zdzisław Krysztafkiewicz
Franciszek Narkoń
Władysław F. Panka
Stanisław Gawkowski
Franciszek Wilga
Aleksander Nowacki
Jan Herman
Michał Czechlewski
Sylwester Dranicki
Franciszek Jurek
Józef Cyburt
Władysław Rzasa
Adam Trzciński
Stanisław Olejarczyk
Jan Klobukowski
Wacław Lachman—Polish composer
Stanisław Kazuro—Polish composer
1950 Edward Michałski, Paderewski No. 81 Dr. E. Urbanowicz, Director of Chór Filomeów No. 109
The following were decorated with the award of First Class and released from further dues: Z. Babuła, W. Maliszewski, F. Knorowski, M. Korzeniowski, and J. Pilarski from Chór Harmonia Nro 191; Józef Trzciński from Chór Filharmonia No. 20; Jan Ciszewski from Chór Filomenów No. 109; and Stefanja Tomaszewska from Chór Symfonia No. 180.
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- The Polish Singers Alliance of America 1888-1998Choral Patriotism, pp. 214 - 225Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2005