The Life and Works of Andrzej Panufnik (1914?991)
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| Rating | : | 4.93 (639 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073RPNZ3M |
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| Number of Pages | : | 393 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Beata BolesÅ‚awska studied at the Institute of Musicology at Warsaw University (Poland). In addition BolesÅ‚awska has written for websites devoted to both Górecki (threecomposers) and Panufnik (panufnik.polmic and ninateka/kolekcje/Panufnik). In 2000 she was commissioned by PWM Edition (Polish State Music Publishers) to write a monograph on Sir Andrzej Panufnik, which was published in September 2001. She has also published numerous articles and reviews on Polish contemporary music for musicological journals and music magazines both in Poland and abroad. In 2010 she completed her doctoral studies at Cardiff University, with a thesis entitled ’Symphony and Symphonic Thinking in Polish Music after 1956’. . Since 2005 she has worked for Polish public television and is currently with the Culture Channel, TVP Kultura. She is a member of the Main Board, and Board of th
This book will be of interest not only to those devoted. Beata Boleslawska has written the first book on the life and artistic output of Panufnik, setting his significance alongside the political and cultural scene of twentieth-century Europe. Although he was considered Poland?s leading composer for some years after the war, Panufnik was subsequently put under intolerable pressure both musically and politically. He briefly became Principal Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, a post he relinquished after two years to devote all his time to composition. During the German occupation he formed a piano duo with his friend and fellow composer Witold Lutoslawski, and they performed in caf?around Warsaw. The account of the composer?s life is based on numerous archival documents, as well as the personal accounts contributed by his family and friends. Panufnik?s compositional style and techniques are also analysed. Sir Andrzej Panufnik was born in Warsaw and studied in the newly independent Poland in the 1930s, as well as in Vienna and Paris just before the outbreak of the Second World War. His works were in demand by major figures such as Leopold Stokowski who conducted the first performances of Sinfonia Elegiaca, Katyn Epitaph and Universal Prayer
In 2013 and 2014, PWM Edition also published her collected conversations about Górecki (Górecki: A Portrait in Memory) and Panufnik (Panufnik: Architect of Emotion). In 2000 she was commissioned by PWM Edition (Polish State Music Publishers) to write a monograph on Sir Andrzej Panufnik, which was published in September 2001. Since