Grazyna Bacewicz, The 'First Lady of Polish Music'
Grazyna Bacewicz, The 'First Lady of Polish Music'

Author: Diana Ambache

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-08-18

Total Pages: 171

ISBN-13: 1108910300

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This Element explores the life and work of Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), as a composer, violinist, pianist and author. She lived a remarkable life in Poland, navigating the complex world of Polish communist society and Soviet dominance after the Second World War, and brought Polish music to wider European attention. The Element describes the historical context of her life, her major achievements, and the language and development of her compositions, which attracted notable interest in Polish musical life. She wrote a wide range of pieces, making a significant contribution to the string repertoire, with important String Quartets and violin works. In her sixty years she achieved impressive triumphs as a women composer, served the Polish Composers Union and often judged major international competitions.

The Contribution of Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) to Polish Music
The Contribution of Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) to Polish Music

Author: Sharon Guertin Shafer

Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13:

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The music of Grazyna Bacewicz occupies an important place in the 20th century. Though she wrote more than 200 compositions, from the symphonic cycle down to the single movement art song, it is her large compositional forms that have received the most attention, both in performance and analysis. This work provides an analysis of 12 songs written by Bacewicz between 1934 and 1956. They are analyzed with a consideration of text setting, melodic line and vocal range, formal structure, harmony, texture and tonality. An English translation of each Polish poem is also included.

The Violin
The Violin

Author: Mark Katz

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 0815336373

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This book is the only complete and up-to-date annotated bibliography available on women's activities and contributions in the creation and performance of music through the ages. Encompassing major books, articles and recordings published over the past five decades, the book examines a broad cross-section of contemporary thought, with each entry - with over 500 devoted to resources from countries outside the US - including annotation along with a critical description of content.

Polish Music since Szymanowski
Polish Music since Szymanowski

Author: Adrian Thomas

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-02-01

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9781139441186

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This book looks at Polish music since 1937 and its interaction with political and cultural turmoil. In Part I musical developments are placed in the context of the socio-political upheavals of inter-war Poland, Nazi occupation, and the rise and fall of the Stalinist policy of socialist realism (1948–54). Part II investigates the nature of the 'thaw' between 1954 and 1959, focusing on the role of the 'Warsaw Autumn' Festival. Part III discusses how composers reacted to the onset of serialism by establishing increasingly individual voices in the 1960s. In addition to a discussion of 'sonorism' (from Penderecki to Szalonek), it considers how different generations responded to the modernist aesthetic (Bacewicz and Lutoslawski, Baird and Serocki, Górecki and Krauze). Part IV views Polish music since the 1970s, including the issue of national identity and the arrival of a talented generation and its ironic, postmodern slant on the past.

Historical Anthology of Music by Women
Historical Anthology of Music by Women

Author: James R. Briscoe

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780253212962

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Works by women composers, including Francesca Caccini, Fanny Mendelssohn, Ethel Smyth, [et al]