From Paderewski to Penderecki: The Polish Musician in Philadelphia

From Paderewski to Penderecki: The Polish Musician in Philadelphia
Author: Paul Krzywicki
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2016-03-02
Genre: History
ISBN: 1483442675

Extraordinary stories and accomplishments of 170 Polish musicians whose presence in Philadelphia influenced music in America. Paul Krzywicki, a native of Philadelphia, was a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra for thirty-three years, performing in over four thousand concerts, more than 60 recordings and presenting master classes throughout the world. He is currently on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music. A full biography is in Part I.

Polish piano music

Polish piano music
Author:
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 210
Release: 1999-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486406245

Biographical information and critical commentary in English.

Poland

Poland
Author: Edyta Banaszkiewicz-Zygmunt
Publisher: Warsaw : Polish Scientific Publishers PWN
Total Pages: 1002
Release: 2000
Genre: Poland
ISBN:

Nadia Boulanger and Her World

Nadia Boulanger and Her World
Author: Jeanice Brooks
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2020-11-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 022675071X

The strange fate of Boulanger and Pugno's La ville morte /Alexandra Laederich --Serious ambitions : Nadia Boulanger and the composition of La ville morte /Jeanice Brooks, Kimberly Francis --From the trenches : extracts from the final issue of the Paris Conservatory Gazette /translated by Anna Lehman --From technique to musique : the institutional pedagogy of Nadia Boulanger /Marie Duchêne-Thégarid --Nadia Boulanger's 1935 Carte du tendre --36 rue Ballu : a multifaceted place /Cédric Segond-Genovesi --"What an arrival!" : Nadia Boulanger's New world (1925) --Modern French music : translating Fauré in America, 1925-1945 /Jeanice Brooks --For Nadia Boulanger : five poems by May Sarton --Friend and force : Nadia Boulanger's presence in Polish musical culture /Andrea F. Bohlman, J. Mackenzie Pierce --"What awaits them now?" : a letter to Paris /Zygmunt Mycielski --A letter from Professor Nadia Boulanger /translated by J. Mackenzie Pierce --The Beethoven lectures for the Longy School /translated by Miranda Stewart --Boulanger and atonality : a reconsideration /Kimberly Francis --Why music? Aesthetics, religion, and the ruptures of modernity in the life and work of Nadia Boulanger /Leon Botstein.

Music in the 20th Century (3 Vol Set)

Music in the 20th Century (3 Vol Set)
Author: Dave DiMartino
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 800
Release: 2016-04-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317464303

This is an examination of the crucial formative period of Chinese attitudes toward nuclear weapons, the immediate post-Hiroshima/Nagasaki period and the Korean War. It also provides an account of US actions and attitudes during this period and China's response.