A Polish renaissance - Couverture souple

Jacobson, Bernard

 
9780714832517: A Polish renaissance
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0714832510 ISBN 13 : 9780714832517
Editeur : Phaidon, 1996

Synopsis

Polish music has flowered in the twentieth century. Yet the four Poles whose story is told here -- Andrzej Panufnik (1914-91), Witold Lutoslawski (1913-94), Ktzystof Penderecki (b.1933), and Henryk Górecki (b.1933) -- are noted for their development of radically differing creative approaches, in spite of a common national background.

Against the varied canvas of musical styles practised in the latter half of the twentieth century -- including, on the one hand, serialism and its intellectual spin-offs, and on the other, the use of chance procedures, the 'new simplicity', and minimalism -- the author dramatizes the position of these four composers, showing how each transcends the musical movements with which they are habitually linked. Their compositional techniques are illuminated by a consideration of their lives and careers, which have so powerfully contributed to the phenomenon of rebirth in modern Polish music.

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À propos de l'auteur

Bernard Jacobson was Artistic Director of the Residentie Orkest (Hague Philharmonic) from 1992 to 1994, and is widely published as an author and translator.

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Éditeur
Phaidon
Date d'édition
1996
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0714832510
ISBN 13 
9780714832517
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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