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==Life==
'''Born:''' 
December 29, 1880, Ociesc, Poland

'''Died:''' 
November 4, 1946. Buried in St. Bronislava Catholic Cemetery, Plover WI

'''Biography'''
Ca. 1889, began to study piano with his older brother Alexander, who was an organist and music teacher in Radzanowo,  After high school, studied organ with Rev. Eugene Gruberski. (in Plock?);1901 became organist at St. Joseph's Church in Lodz.  Studied at the Hochschule für katholische Kirchenmusik in Regensburg. 1904-1906 under Haberl, Renner and Haller; in Munich 1906-07 under Motyl, Thuille, Glut and Reger. Came to US in 1907. Married Pearl Kierzenkowska (American, 1887-1968) Nov. 29, 1908. Served as organist in Kenosha, Chicago,  Milwaukee (St. Casimir, 1914-1919),  and settled in Plover, WIsconsin in 1923, where he became organist in St. Bronislava Parish, where he dedicated a new organ in 1932, then at St. Peters in Stevens Point where heserved until his death, apart from a year or so in Detroit 1939-1941?.. Wrote over 500 compositions (including 3 operas), mostly unpublished.  Usually went by "Eugene" in the US.

==List of sacred works==
*Asperges me (from Op. 70
*Ave Maria, Op. 48, SATB org. [http://ks4.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/d/d7/IMSLP472812-PMLP767375-Walkiewicz_Ave48.pdf Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1911]
*Ave Maria, TTBB (by 1930)
*29 Church Compositions (Part 1 & 2, SA org; Part 3, TTBB (org)) Stevens Point, WI: St. Peters Conference, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, 1948 (1944, 1941)
*Ecce sacerdos, Op. 10/2 SATB org
*Missa in honorem S. Antonii de Padua, TTB org
*Mass in honor of SS. Cyril and Methodius, SATB org. Plover, WI. (Rte. 2 Box 3): Moniuszko Music Publishing, 1926
*Missa in honorem St. Casimir, op. 6, 1-4 vv. Chicago : B.J. Zalewski,1911 LC
*Missa in honorem St. Ceciliae, Op. 70, TTBB org,  [http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/2/21/IMSLP521731-PMLP844807-Walkiewicz70C.pdf Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1910]
*Missa in honorem Beate Mariae Virginis de Czerwinsk, Op. 41, 2-pt, org, Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1911 LC
*Missa in honorem Beatae Mariae Virginis de Czestochowa, Op. 46  SATB org, [http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/b/b4/IMSLP469196-PMLP761815-Walkiewicz_Op.46.pdf Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1911]
*Missa in honorem Beatae Mariae Virginis de Monte Carmelo, SA(TB) org. [https://imslp.org/imglnks/restimg/1/1a/4ab5-PMLP858093-WalkiewiczCarmelo.pdf Plover WI: Fr. Pawlowski Sr., 1931] (contains Asperges and Vidi Aquam)
*Missa in honorem Sanctae Hedwigis Reginae viduae, Op. 40, SATB org. Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1911 LC
*Missa in honorem Sanctae Caeciliae, Op.70. TTBB org. [http://ks.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/2/21/IMSLP521731-PMLP844807-Walkiewicz70C.pdf Chicago: B. J. Zalewski, 1910]
*Missa in honorem St. Hyacinthi Conf., Op. 39, SATB org. Chicago: A Kwasigroch, 1913
*Missa in hon. Sancti Isadori Agricola e Conf. SATB org. Chicago: Moniuszko Music Publishing 1921
*Missa in honorem Sancti Joannis Apostoli et Evangelistae. [https://imslp.org/imglnks/restimg/8/80/f938-PMLP859507-WalkiewiczJoannis.pdf Plover WI: Moniszko Music Publishing Co., 1935]
*Missa in honorem S. Joannis Cantii Conf. Op. 38, 2-pt org [http://ks.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/6/6d/IMSLP532754-PMLP861582-Walkiewicz38.pdf Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1913]
*Missa in honorem St. Josaphat Episcopi et Mart  Op. 45, 7 mixed voices (SSATTBB), org. [https://imslp.org/imglnks/restimg/6/69/ed08-PMLP863251-Walkiewicz45F.pdf Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1911]
*Missa in honorem S. Josephi, sponsi Beate Mariae Virginis , Op 21, 1 voice, org, Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1911
*Missa in honorem Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, OP. 11, SATB org. Chicago: author, 1909.
*Missa in hon. Sanctissimi Nominis Jesu, TTBB org Plover, WI. : Moniuszko Music Publishing, 1932
*Missa in honorem Sancti Rudolfhi Mart. SATB org Plover, WI. : Moniuszko Music Publishing, 1929
*Misse in honorem Sancti Stanislai Episc. et Mart., Op. 42, 4 mixed or 3 equal voices org Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1911
*Missa in honorem Sancti Stanislai Kostkae C. Op. 43, 2-part, org. Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1911
*Missa in honorem S. Theresiae, TTBB org, Ratisbon: Pustet, 1907
*Missa pro defunctis, op. 44, 2-part, org, Chicago : B.J. Zalewski, 1911
*Missa pro defunctis, TTB org
*Missa pro defunctis,SATB org, Stevens Point WI, 1944 (LC) The1947 Society of St. Gregory White List says this was published by Zanibon.
*Offertoria pro ominibus Dominicis et festis majoribus totius anni. SA org Stevens Point, WI: St. Peters Conference, Society of St. Vincent de Paul, 1943
*O salutaris, op. 2/1 v, org
*O salutaris, Op.2/4.5 2-pt org.
*[ 5 Pieces] Op. 3.  (O Salutaris; Tantum ergo, 2 v org; Veni Creator, TTB org; O Salutaris; Tantum ergo, SAB org.)
*Regina coeli, Op.2/3 2-pt org
*Tantum ergo, op. 2/2, v,org
*Tantum ergo, Op. 2/5.7 2-pt org.
*Veni creator, Op.10/1 SATB org. [http://ks.imslp.net/files/imglnks/usimg/5/5c/IMSLP532753-PMLP861580-Walkiewicz_VeniCreator.pdf Chicago: Association of Polish and Lithuanian Organists in America, 1908]
*Veni creator, op. 69/1,4 2-pt org.
*Vesperae de SS Eucharistiae Sacramento, SATB org. Plover: Moniuszko Music Publishing (n.d.)
*Vidi aquam, SATB, LC (from op. 70)

==Publications==
Bolek, Francis, Who's Who in Polish America. New York: Harbinger House, 1943.

==External links==
Papers and (manuscript and?) printed scores at the [http://www.polishmuseumofamerica.org/archives/music-archives/ Polish Museum of America, Chicago.] 

Manuscrits at the Center for the Documentation of Polish Emigration at the "Dom Polonia" in Pułtusk, Poland.

Thanks to Iwona Bozek MLIS, archivist, Polish Museum of America, for assistance in the creation of this page.

[[Category:1880 births|Walkiewicz, Eugeniusz]]
[[Category:1946 deaths|Walkiewicz, Eugeniusz]]
[[Category:Composers|Walkiewicz, Eugeniusz]]
[[Category:American composers|Walkiewicz, Eugeniusz]]
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