Lutoslawski and His Music
Lutoslawski and His Music

Author: Steven Stucky

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1981-06-11

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9780521227995

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The composer Witold Lutostawski (born 1913) is one of the outstanding musical personalities of the twentieth century. In this critical biography Steven Stucky traces Lutostawski's development from the Stravinsky-influenced music of his student days to his emergence in the 1960s as a leading avant-gardist. Since the vicissitudes of cultural life in his native Poland have profoundly affected the composer's career, the book includes detailed accounts of Lutostawski's official censure for 'formalism' in the late 1940s and the leading role he later played in a flourishing Polish modernist movement. Both well-known works, such as the Concerto for Orchestra, Trois poemes d'Henri Michaux and the Second Symphony, and the lesser-known early music are considered in detail. Fragments of many compositions never before published in the West are included. There are also analytical summaries of each major work from Jeux véitiens (1961) to Mi-parti (1976).

Lutoslawski on Music
Lutoslawski on Music

Author: Witold Lutosławski

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 081084804X

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The writings of twentieth-century Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski reveal many important aspects of his approach to music and his viewpoints as an artist and as a man. In Lutoslawski on Music, the first full collection of writings by this famous composer, Zbigniew Skowron has amassed an exciting assortment of essays, speeches, lectures, and articles, many of which are newly translated in English and previously unpublished. After an introductory autobiography, the writings, grouped in five parts, illustrate various aspects of the composer's creativity, and discuss musical form, compositional technique, and perception. Lutoslawski examines his own works as well as those of other composers, and expresses his views on crucial aspects of twentieth-century music, including the role of Schoenberg and Debussy and the impact of the western avant-garde of the 1950s. The book also contains Lutoslawski's Artistic Diary, his "notebook of ideas" written from 1959 to 1984 containing intensely personal reflections that do not appear in his public speeches and writings. Concluding with a select bibliography, this collection will give readers a unique and comprehensive overview of the man and his music, encouraging a full appreciation of Lutoslawski's compositional technique and aesthetic views, as well as his position in the history of twentieth-century music.

Lutoslawski on Music
Lutoslawski on Music

Author: Witold Lutosławski

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13: 9780810848047

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The writings of twentieth-century Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski reveal many important aspects of his approach to music and his viewpoints as an artist and as a man. In Lutoslawski on Music, the first full collection of writings by this famous composer, Zbigniew Skowron has amassed an exciting assortment of essays, speeches, lectures, and articles, many of which are newly translated in English and previously unpublished. After an introductory autobiography, the writings, grouped in five parts, illustrate various aspects of the composer's creativity, and discuss musical form, compositional technique, and perception. Lutoslawski examines his own works as well as those of other composers, and expresses his views on crucial aspects of twentieth-century music, including the role of Schoenberg and Debussy and the impact of the western avant-garde of the 1950s. The book also contains Lutoslawski's Artistic Diary, his "notebook of ideas" written from 1959 to 1984 containing intensely personal reflections that do not appear in his public speeches and writings. Concluding with a select bibliography, this collection will give readers a unique and comprehensive overview of the man and his music, encouraging a full appreciation of Lutoslawski's compositional technique and aesthetic views, as well as his position in the history of twentieth-century music.

The Music of Lutosławski
The Music of Lutosławski

Author: Charles Bodman Rae

Publisher: Bobcat Books

Published: 2012-04-09

Total Pages: 481

ISBN-13: 085712675X

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Witold Lutoslawski is widely regarded as one of the foremost composers of the post-war era and one of the truly great musicians of the 20th century. Charles Bodman Rae's examination of Lutoslawski's life and work draws on wide-ranging and meticulous research, including hours of recorded conversation with the composer himself. Now expanded for this third edition to include an additional chapter and many more photographs, The Music Of Lutoslawski is an absorbing study of the man and his music.

Lutoslawski on Music
Lutoslawski on Music

Author: Zbigniew Skowron

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2007-10-29

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 1461669448

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The writings of twentieth-century Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski reveal many important aspects of his approach to music and his viewpoints as an artist and as a man. In Lutoslawski on Music, the first full collection of writings by this famous composer, Zbigniew Skowron has amassed an exciting assortment of essays, speeches, lectures, and articles, many of which are newly translated in English and previously unpublished. After an introductory autobiography, the writings, grouped in five parts, illustrate various aspects of the composer's creativity, and discuss musical form, compositional technique, and perception. Lutoslawski examines his own works as well as those of other composers, and expresses his views on crucial aspects of twentieth-century music, including the role of Schoenberg and Debussy and the impact of the western avant-garde of the 1950s. The book also contains Lutoslawski's Artistic Diary, his 'notebook of ideas' written from 1959 to 1984 containing intensely personal reflections that do not appear in his public speeches and writings. Concluding with a select bibliography, this collection will give readers a unique and comprehensive overview of the man and his music, encouraging a full appreciation of Lutoslawski's compositional technique and aesthetic views, as well as his position in the history of twentieth-century music.

Lutoslawski's Worlds
Lutoslawski's Worlds

Author: Lisa Jakelski

Publisher: Boydell Press

Published: 2018-05-18

Total Pages: 422

ISBN-13: 9781783271986

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A landmark volume which looks at the multifaceted spheres that informed the composer's life and works and represents a new departure in the study of his music. In this volume, for the first time, the world's leading Lutoslawski scholars consider the full range of his musical output and the biographical, cultural and historical contexts in which those musics were created. It contends that all of Lutoslawski's worlds are equally worthy of study, because each represents an opportunity better to understand the life and music of a figure of paramount importance to the critical and cultural history of twentieth-century music.

Conversations with Witold Lutosławski
Conversations with Witold Lutosławski

Author: Tadeusz Kaczynski

Publisher: Chester Music

Published: 2012-11-05

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13: 0857129872

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Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994), who claimed that 'talking was not his speciality', emerges during a series of conversations with the music critic Tadeusz Kaczynski as a most lucid and articulate commentator, not only on his own compositions, but on every aspect of twentieth-century music and musicianship. This revised and expanded edition of Conversations with Witold Lutosławski makes for compelling and thought-provoking reading, offering a fascinating insight into the mind of this great composer. Of the sixteen conversations collected here, ten refer to Lutosławski’s own creative works, with the rest dealing with various issues of contemporary music. Illustrated throughout with musical examples, these conversations are a rich source of information on both the music and personality the artist.

Lutosławski Studies: Dans la nuit: the themes of death and night in Lutosławski's œuvre
Lutosławski Studies: Dans la nuit: the themes of death and night in Lutosławski's œuvre

Author: Zbigniew Skowron

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9780198166603

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Lutoslawski Studies presents for the first time an overview of the great twentieth-century composer Witold Lutoslawski's works and his compositional style, focusing on areas such as the composer's aesthetics, the evolution of his style, and the compositional strategies which apply to broader periods of his creativity. The international team of contributors bring to this study the results of recent research, offering a broader approach that links many issues which have been treated selectively in former studies, as well as throwing new light on the essence of the composer's music and the way in which modern and traditional elements co-exist.

Lutosławski Profile
Lutosławski Profile

Author: BálintAndrás Varga

Publisher: Chester Music

Published: 2012-11-05

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 0857129864

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Many people will know something about the life of Lutosławski , but few know anything about Lutosławski the man. In this record of a unique series of conversations which took place in March 1973, Balint Andras Varga fills out the picture of the Polish composer - his life and career, his compositional methods, and his views on the contemporary music scene, all combine to present a fascinating portrait of Lutosławski , who holds a unique and individual place in music today.

Witold Lutosławski: Album for the Young
Witold Lutosławski: Album for the Young

Author: Chester Music

Publisher: Chester Music

Published: 1999-06-01

Total Pages: 43

ISBN-13: 1787591301

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Witold Lutosławski: Album for the Young is a unique compilation of Lutosławski's piano pieces, especially suited for the younger pianist. All the music is faithfully reproduced from the Polish originals.