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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
August 2022
Print publication year:
2022
Online ISBN:
9781108913485
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108913485
Subjects:
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Music, Music, Music: General Interest
Series:
Elements in Women in Music
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Book description

This Element explores the life and work of Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969), as a composer, violinist, pianist and author. She lived a remarkable life in Poland, navigating the complex world of Polish communist society and Soviet dominance after the Second World War, and brought Polish music to wider European attention. The Element describes the historical context of her life, her major achievements, and the language and development of her compositions, which attracted notable interest in Polish musical life. She wrote a wide range of pieces, making a significant contribution to the string repertoire, with important String Quartets and violin works. In her sixty years she achieved impressive triumphs as a women composer, served the Polish Composers Union and often judged major international competitions.

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Books and Articles

Anderson, D. (2004). ‘Chamber Music in Early Piano Study: A Guide to Repertoire’, DMA dissertation, University of Cincinnati.
Bacewicz, G. (2004). A Distinguishing Mark, English translation by A. Clarke & A. Cienski, 3rd ed., Ontario: Krzys Chmiel. Originally published in Polish as Znak Szczególny, Warsaw: Czytelnik, 1970.
Elphick, D. (2019). Music Behind the Iron Curtain: Weinberg and his Polish Contemporaries, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Gąsiorowska, M. (1999). Bacewicz, Krakow: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne.
Harley, M. A. (1997). ‘Bacewicz, Picasso and the Making of Desire’, Journal of Musicological Research, 16(4), 243–81.
Hoffman, E. (1989). Lost in Translation, London: Heinemann.
Kirk, N. C. (2001). ‘Grażyna Bacewicz and Social Realism’, DMA dissertation, University of Washington.
Kisielewski, S. (1964). Grażyna Bacewicz i jej czasy (Grażyna Bacewicz and Her Times), Krakow: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne.
Lang, P. H. and Broder, N. (1966). Contemporary Music in Europe, London: Dent.
Maciejewski, B. M. (1976). Twelve Polish Composers, London: Allegro Press.
Mills, C. R. (1987). ‘Grażyna Bacewicz: A Stylistic Analysis and Evaluation of Selected Keyboard Works’, DMA dissertation, University of Northern Colorado.
Paja-Stach, J. (2010). Polish Music from Paderewski to Penderecki, Krakow: Musica Iagellonica.
Pendle, K., ed. (2001). Women and Music: A History, 2nd ed., Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Rosen, J. (1984). Bacewicz, Her Life and Works, Los Angeles: Friends of Polish Music, University of California.
Ross, A. (2009). The Rest Is Noise, New York: Harper Perennial.
Sadie, J. A. and Samuel, R., eds. (1994). The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers, New York: Norton.
Salzman, E. (2002). Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction, 4th ed., Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall History of Music.
Sendłak, J. (2018). Z Ogniem – Miłość Grażyny Bacewicz w przededniu wojny, Warsaw: Skarpa Warszawska.
Shafer, S. G. (1992). The Contribution of Grażyna Bacewicz (1909–1969) to Polish Music, Lewiston, NY: Mellon Press.
Shofner, T. L. (1996). ‘The Two Piano Quintets of Grażyna Bacewicz: An Analysis of Style and Content’, DMA dissertation, University of Wisconsin.
Slonimsky, N. (1994). Music since 1900, 5th ed., New York: Macmillan.
Sobkowska, J. (2004). ‘Works for Chamber Ensemble with Piano Written Between 1950 and 2000 by Polish Composers: An Annotated Bibliography’, DMA dissertation, Florida State University.
Szerszenowicz, J. (2016). Grażyna Bacewicz – Witraż (Stained-Glass Window), Akademia Muzyczna im Grażyny I Keijstuta Bacewiczów w Łódż.
Thomas, A. (1985). Grażyna Bacewicz Chamber and Orchestral Works, Los Angeles: Friends of Polish Music, University of California.
Thomas, A. (2008). Polish Music since Szymanowski, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Tokuda, T. (2016). ‘Grażyna Bacewicz and Social Realism: A Stylistic Comparison of Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2’, DMA dissertation, University of Miami.
Watson, P. (1992). ‘Gender Relations, Education and Social Change in Poland’, Gender and Education, 4 (1–2), 127–47: www.academia.edu/2433940/Gender_Relations_Education_and_Social_Change_in_Poland.
Zaimont, J. ed. (1994). The Musical Woman: An International Perspective, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Primary Online Resources

Dla ludzi zawsze mam twarz pogodną … Grażyna Bacewicz (documentary film in Polish), directed by D. Pawelec, scenario by M. Gąsiorowska and D. Pawelec, Telewizja Polska – Program II 1999: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HAGaACyt94.
Grażyna Bacewicz website at the Polish Music Information Centre, Polmic.pl: https://bacewicz.polmic.pl.
Lazar-Chmielowska, J. (2004). ‘Grażyna Bacewicz – An Enduring Symbol of Polish Music’, Edukator.org.pl: www.edukator.org.pl/2004b/symbol/symbol.html.
Polish Culture website, Culture.pl: https://culture.pl/en.
Polish Music Center website at The University of Southern California: https://polishmusic.usc.edu/research/composers.
Sailow, S. & Kosanovic, V. (1976). ‘Composer Grażyna Bacewicz’, KPFA (Berkeley, CA), radio broadcast, 28 August 1976: http://servlet1.lib.berkeley.edu:8080/audio/stream.play.logic?coll=pacifica&group=b23305539.
Thomas, A., On Polish Music … and Other Polish Topics: https://onpolishmusic.com/tag/adrian-thomas.University of Leipzig website, The Letters of Grażyna Bacewicz to Vytautas Bacevičius (1945–1969: part 1), ed. Malgorzata Janicka-Slysz, translated by Jan Rybicki: www.gko.uni-leipzig.de/fileadmin/Fakultät_GKO/Musikwissenschaft/2.2-Forschung/Musikerbriefe/18_1_JanSly1.pdf.

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