A Polish Renaissance


Four Polish composers who changed the shape of music in the 20th-century.


Bernard Jacobson


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Overview
  • Looks at four Polish composers, Andrzej Panufnik (1914-91), Witold Lutoslawski (1913-94), Krzystof Penderecki (b.1933) and Henryk Górecki (b.1933), who have changed the shape of music in the second half of the 20th century
  • Traces the development of their radically differing creative approaches in spite of their common national origins
  • Examines the changing political regimes by which they were affected and their relationship with the various musical movements of the time



In The Press
'As a series, Phaidon's 20th Century Composers has brought remarkable variety and a welter of information, both necessary and delightfully trivial. Intended both for the general reader and for the more enthusiatically musical...' (The Scotsman)


About the author(s)
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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