From Poland with music : 100 years of polish composers abroad (1918-2018) / concept: Marlena Wieczorek ; [translated by Olga Drenda]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wieczorek, Marlena, editor.

Drenda, Olga, translator.

ProQuest ebook central

Language:

English

Polish

Subjects (All):

Composers--Poland--History--20th century.

Composers.

Composers--Poland--History--21st century.

Composers--Travel--Poland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 pages) : color illustrations, color portraits.

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

Gliwice, Poland : Fundacja Meakultura ; London : Co-published by Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers LTD, 2021.

Language Note:

Translated from the Polish.

Contents:

Part 1. The history of music often means the history of emigrants / Danuta Gwizdalanka

Life choices : causes and effects of migration / Marlena Wieczorek

Towards the four corners of the world : directions of emigration / Jolanta Guzy-Pasiak

Music in transit : currents and styles / Iwona Lindstedt

Do we know them? Does the world know them? : the presence of musical "nomads" in Poland and abroad / Beata Bolesławska-Lewandowska, Krzysztof Stefański

Independant and true to themselves : the migration of young Polish composers / Marta Wryk

The paths of film music : Agnieszka Cieślak, Mariusz Gradowski

Particular existences : jazz and popular music composers / Grzegorz Piotrowski

Enclaves of young Polish jazz / Piotr Matla

Rock journeys / Jacek Kurek

Composing as an autobiography / Aleksandra Bilińska

We keep wandering : on existential migration / Piotr Jakubowski

Part 2. Composers' profiles : in other words, Marlena Wieczorek asks, experts respond.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781785514166 (electronic bk.)

1785514164 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

40031469713

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.