Jan Namieyski (fl.1760) - Symphony in D major

Jan Namieyski (fl.1760)

 Symphony in D major

Jan Namieyski (fl.1760)
Was a Polish composer in the early classical style, who flourished in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Very little is known about him; even his first name has been lost (though it might have been "Jan"). The only composition about which there are no doubts concerning his authorship is a Symphony in D major, taken from the music collections in the parish church of Grodzisk Wielkopolski near Poznan. It is scored for two violins, two flutes or clarinets, two horns, viola, and double bass). A. Mrygon maintains that pieces found in Austrian collections signed "Johann Namiesky" ("Harmoniemusikdirektor" in Baden, probably connected with the church band) are undoubtedly works by Namieyski. Together with works by Johann Namiesky, discovered by B. Chmara-Zaczkiewicz in libraries and archives in Austria, the output of the composer, with the current state of research, would increase by a few religious pieces: two masses (in E major and E flat major), two litanies (one of them in C major), two Graduals (B-flat major, D minor), an Aria in B flat major, an Offertorium in A major, and three Tantum ergo (in C major, C major, E flat major). In 1830, in Vienna, a singer called Johann Namietzky performed at a concert for the Society of the Friends of Science. With our current knowledge, it is difficult to determine whether it is the same person as the creator of the Symphony in D major.