Polish Music since Szymanowski
Thomas

This book looks at Polish music since 1937 and its interaction with political and cultural turmoil. In Part I, the author places musical developments 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, focussing on the role of the 'Warsaw Autumn' Festival and how composers reacted to the onset of serialism by establishing increasingly individual voices. In addition to a discussion of 'sonorism' (from Penderecki to Szalonek), the author considers how different generations responded to the modernist aesthetic (Bacewicz and Lutoslawski, Baird and Serocki, Górecki and Krauze). Part III. views Polish music since the early 1970s, including the recurring issue of national identity, as well as the arrival of a talented new generation and its ironic, postmodern slant on the past.* First book on a topic largely unknown outside Poland apart from the music of a few major composers such as Lutoslawski, Górecki and Penderecki* Considers political contexts and their impact on a nation's musical life* Traces the search for personal and national identity in the modern world

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Wydawnictwo: brak danych
Data wydania: b.d
Kategoria: Muzyka, film
ISBN: 978-0-521-58284-1
Liczba stron: 0