Karol Szymanowski

Karol Szymanowski
Title Karol Szymanowski PDF eBook
Author Alistair Wightman
Publisher Routledge
Pages 520
Release 2017-07-05
Genre Music
ISBN 1351561375

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The music of the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) has enjoyed a resurgence of interest in recent years. Despite wide recognition in his own lifetime, Szymanowski‘s works were somewhat overlooked in the decades following his death. Outside Poland, changing fashions militated against acceptance of his achievement, and subsequent generations of Polish composers regarded his music as too reactionary to provide a basis on which to found a national musical identity. In this full-scale study of Karol Szymanowski‘s life and music, Alistair Wightman explores the composer‘s position as a constant outsider in his own country, yet agood European in the ways in which he responded positively to a diverse range of musical talents, in particular as Stravinsky, Strauss, Berg, Hindemith, Prokofiev and Ravel. The book throws light on Szymanowski‘s relationship to the Polish musical establishment, the reception of his works at home and abroad, his work as an educationalist, and the essentially European dimension of his art, drawing on letters, polemical writings, verse, theatrical sketches and the memoirs of family, friends and contemporaries. All of Szymanowski‘s significant works are discussed, illustrated with nearly 140 music examples. Evaluation is made of the close links existing between the composer‘s musical and literary works from the earliest stages of his career, as well as the various ideological strands that went together to form the unique, humanistic synthesis, characteristic of his mature work.

Karol Szymanowski

Karol Szymanowski
Title Karol Szymanowski PDF eBook
Author Alistair Wightman
Publisher Routledge
Pages 566
Release 2017-07-05
Genre Music
ISBN 1351561367

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The music of the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) has enjoyed a resurgence of interest in recent years. Despite wide recognition in his own lifetime, Szymanowski?s works were somewhat overlooked in the decades following his death. Outside Poland, changing fashions militated against acceptance of his achievement, and subsequent generations of Polish composers regarded his music as too reactionary to provide a basis on which to found a national musical identity. In this full-scale study of Karol Szymanowski?s life and music, Alistair Wightman explores the composer?s position as a constant outsider in his own country, yet a ?good European? in the ways in which he responded positively to a diverse range of musical talents, in particular as Stravinsky, Strauss, Berg, Hindemith, Prokofiev and Ravel. The book throws light on Szymanowski?s relationship to the Polish musical establishment, the reception of his works at home and abroad, his work as an educationalist, and the essentially European dimension of his art, drawing on letters, polemical writings, verse, theatrical sketches and the memoirs of family, friends and contemporaries. All of Szymanowski?s significant works are discussed, illustrated with nearly 140 music examples. Evaluation is made of the close links existing between the composer?s musical and literary works from the earliest stages of his career, as well as the various ideological strands that went together to form the unique, humanistic synthesis, characteristic of his mature work.

The Szymanowski Companion

The Szymanowski Companion
Title The Szymanowski Companion PDF eBook
Author Stephen Downes
Publisher Routledge
Pages 326
Release 2016-03-09
Genre Music
ISBN 1317014448

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The Polish composer Karol Szymanowski is one of the most fascinating musical figures of the early twentieth century. His works included four symphonies, two violin concertos, the operas Hagith and King Roger, the ballet-pantomime Harnasie, the oratorio Stabat Mater, as well as numerous piano, violin, vocal and choral compositions. The profile and popularity of Szymanowski's music outside Poland has never been higher and continues to grow. The Szymanowski Companion constitutes the most significant and comprehensive reference source to the composer in English. Edited by two of the leading scholars in the field, Paul Cadrin and Stephen Downes, the collection consists of over 50 contributions from an international array of contributors, including recognized Polish experts. The Companion thus provides a systematic, authoritative and up-to-date compilation of information concerning the composer's life, thought and works.

Karol Szymanowski: His Life and Music

Karol Szymanowski: His Life and Music
Title Karol Szymanowski: His Life and Music PDF eBook
Author B. M. Maciejewski
Publisher London : Poets & Painters' Press
Pages 170
Release 1967
Genre Composers
ISBN

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Karol Szymanowski. [With Musical Examples and Plates, Including Portraits.].

Karol Szymanowski. [With Musical Examples and Plates, Including Portraits.].
Title Karol Szymanowski. [With Musical Examples and Plates, Including Portraits.]. PDF eBook
Author Stanisław Golachowski
Publisher
Pages 128
Release 1956
Genre
ISBN

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Karol Szymanowski

Karol Szymanowski
Title Karol Szymanowski PDF eBook
Author Zdzisław Sierpiński
Publisher Warsaw : Interpress Publishers
Pages 224
Release 1986
Genre Composers
ISBN

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Karol Szymanowski, correspondence

Karol Szymanowski, correspondence
Title Karol Szymanowski, correspondence PDF eBook
Author Karol Szymanowski
Publisher
Pages 870
Release 1982
Genre Composers
ISBN

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