From Poland with Music by Marlena Wieczorek - ISBN: 9781785514074
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Polish composers’ global impact: a century of music, emigration, and legacy.

From Poland with Music

100 Years of Polish Composers Abroad (1918-2018)

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    416 pages

  • Release Date

    28 September 2021

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Summary

From Poland with Music: 100 Years of Polish Composers Abroad (1918–2018) is the first comprehensive treatment of the theme of emigration among Polish composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. The book focuses on classical composers (e.g. Paderewski, Weinberg, Panufnik), but extends to important figures from the worlds of jazz and film music (Komeda, Makowicz, Kaczmarek, Korzeniowski).

The first part of the book contains a series of essays on overarching themes related…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781785514074
ISBN-10:1785514075
Author:Marlena Wieczorek
Publisher:Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd
Imprint:Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:28 September 2021
Weight:857g
Dimensions:250mm x 176mm
About The Author

Marlena Wieczorek

Dr. Beata Boleslawska-Lewandowska is a Researcher at the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Dr. Mariusz Gradowski is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Musicology at the University of Warsaw and Lecturer on the postgraduate course ‘Music and Media’ at Collegium Civitas. He also works regularly with Polish Radio 2 and The Frederic Chopin Institute.

Dr. Grzegorz Piotrowski is Head of the Cultural Studies Department at the University of Gdansk and lecturer at the Music Academy in Gdansk.

Dr. Marlena Wieczorek is a musicologist, cultural manager, and the president of the MEAKULTURA Foundation which is responsible for this project. She is a two-time holder of the MKiDN (Ministry of Culture and National Heritage) scholarship. Marlena devised the concept for this book.

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