1st Edition

Musical Life in Poland The Postwar Years 1945–1977

By Lidia Rappoport-Gelfand Copyright 1991
266 Pages
by Routledge

266 Pages
by Routledge

Never in the history of Polish music has there been a period like the one that followed World War II. No other era has given the world so many outstanding composers and so many talented works in all kinds of musical genres. Polish music asserted itself on the world scene as independent, distinct, and creatively important phenomenon. First published in English in 1991, Musical Life in Poland... Read more

Introduction  1. Music of the First Postwar Decade (1945–1956)  2. Music of the Second Postwar Decade (1956–1965)  3. Music of the Third Postwar Decade (1965–1977)  Appendix I. Music and Musical Life in Contemporary Poland: Musical Examples  Appendix II: List of the Works of the Polish Composers

Biography

Lidia Rappoport-Gelfand

Reviews of the first publication:

‘The best, most comprehensive English-language survey of recent Polish music… Rappoport-Gelfand knows the subject as well as anyone in the world.’

Steven Stucky, Cornell University, USA

‘…it proves a valuable addition to the literature and will enable students and college instructors to expand their horizons.’

Cindy Bylander, Notes, Second Series, Vol. 49, No. 4