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Prince '''Maciej Radziwiłł''' ({{langx|lt|Motiejus Radvila}}) (10 November 1749 – 2 September 1800) was a [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Polish-Lithuanian]] | Prince '''Maciej Radziwiłł''' ({{langx|lt|Motiejus Radvila}}) (10 November 1749 – 2 September 1800) was a [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth|Polish-Lithuanian]] noble ([[szlachcic]]), composer and [[librettist]]. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Around 1780, Maciej (Matthias) lived at [[Nieśwież]], the house of [[Karol Stanisław "Panie Kochanku" Radziwiłł|Karol Radziwiłł]], | Around 1780, Maciej (Matthias) lived at [[Nieśwież]], the house of [[Karol Stanisław "Panie Kochanku" Radziwiłł|Karol Radziwiłł]], [[voivode of Vilnius]], who maintained a company of actors, musicians and dancers there and at his estates in Alba (near Nieśwież), [[Ołyka]], [[Słuck]], [[Biała Podlaska]] and elsewhere. While at Nieśwież, Radziwiłł wrote the libretto for [[Jan Dawid Holland]]'s opera ''Agatka, czyli Przyjazd pana'' (‘Agatha, or The Master's Arrival’) which was performed on 17 September 1784 during [[King Stanisław August]]'s visit to Nieśwież. He also wrote the libretto and composed the music for the three-act opera ''Wójt osady albiańskiej'' (‘The Headman of the Settlers at Alba’) which premiered in Alba on 4 November 1786. | ||
Radziwiłł was owner of [[Szydłowiec]], Grand [[Podkomorzy]] of Lithuania since 1786, and [[castellan | Radziwiłł was owner of [[Szydłowiec]], Grand [[Podkomorzy]] of Lithuania since 1786, and [[castellan of Vilnius]] since 1788. He moved to Vilnius where he composed some instrumental and orchestral music and was awarded with the [[Order of the White Eagle (Poland)|Order of the White Eagle]] on February 18, 1788. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
Latest revision as of 21:08, 6 December 2025
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Biography
Around 1780, Maciej (Matthias) lived at Nieśwież, the house of Karol Radziwiłł, voivode of Vilnius, who maintained a company of actors, musicians and dancers there and at his estates in Alba (near Nieśwież), Ołyka, Słuck, Biała Podlaska and elsewhere. While at Nieśwież, Radziwiłł wrote the libretto for Jan Dawid Holland's opera Agatka, czyli Przyjazd pana (‘Agatha, or The Master's Arrival’) which was performed on 17 September 1784 during King Stanisław August's visit to Nieśwież. He also wrote the libretto and composed the music for the three-act opera Wójt osady albiańskiej (‘The Headman of the Settlers at Alba’) which premiered in Alba on 4 November 1786.
Radziwiłł was owner of Szydłowiec, Grand Podkomorzy of Lithuania since 1786, and castellan of Vilnius since 1788. He moved to Vilnius where he composed some instrumental and orchestral music and was awarded with the Order of the White Eagle on February 18, 1788.
Sources
- Alina Nowak-Romanowicz: "Prince Maciej Radziwiłł", Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed September 20, 2008), (subscription access)
- Pages with script errors
- Secular senators of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
- 1749 births
- 1800 deaths
- Polish composers
- Librettists
- Polish opera composers
- Radziwiłł family
- 18th-century classical composers
- 18th-century male musicians
- Polish male classical composers
- Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
- Musicians from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth