Maria Amelia Dziewulska was a Polish

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 composer, music theoretician and music educator. She was born in Warsaw

Warsaw

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 and studied music theory at the State Conservatoire in Warsaw from 1928 to 1933 with Kazimierz Sikorski

Kazimierz Sikorski

Kazimierz Sikorski was a Polish composer.-Biography:Sikorski studied in Warsaw, first music at the Warsaw Conservatory and then philosophy at the University of Warsaw. He then studied in Lwów, which was Polish at the time, and Paris. In 1926, he became a teacher of composition at the Conservatory...

. She studied special effects for radio, film and recording in London

London

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 and worked as a music arrangeer for the BBC

BBC

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 and Decca

Decca Records

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from 1936 to 1937. She then took a position as professor of Music Theory at the Academy of Music in Warsaw, later becoming dean. She died in Warsaw in 2006.

Works

Dziewulska composed in traditional style. Selected works include:

• Ave Maria
• Inwencje
• String Quartet
• Folk songs arranged for children's chorus
• Duetti per Flauti (1970)

She published material for music study including:

• Everything for Mixed Choir
• Materials for Aural Training
• Inventions (1959)