From Betty Harford-Naszódy Frederic Chopin: Nocturnes. Edition Peters, No. 1904 (Herrmann Scholtz, Ed.) Mark Hambourg: “Nocturne in C Minor by Chopin.” [2 pages] Clipping from the Etude Magazine, April 1937 Rowena Gailey, “Why Professional Pianists Practice Slowly.” [1 page] Clipping from the Etude Magazine, April 1937 From Dr. Ewa Muchnick Zephyr Records 70-002: Good…Continue Reading Recent PMC Donations
Gifts gathered in Poland After another sojourn in Poland during late June and July, and visits with all kinds of good friends there, PMC once again was on the receiving end of many wonderful gifts to our library. Starting the list chronologically is a newly issued crime novel, Sidła [Snares], penned by Grażyna Bacewicz, better…Continue Reading Gifts to PMC July 2019
New Szymanowski Book Throughout her long and intellectually rich life Teresa Chylińska, the world’s preeminent scholar of Karol Szymanowski, has authored a great number of books and even greater number of articles about this most important mid-20th century Polish composer. Chylińska’s latest book, Karol Szymanowski—Roman, którego nie było? [Karol Szymanowski—A Romance that did not happen?]…Continue Reading Gifts to PMC June 2019
New Items in the Ryterband Collection We were recently visited by Diana Eisele (pictured above), the daughter of Roman Ryterband, who has served as an endless fount of enthusiasm and assistance for building and organizing her father’s collection at the PMC. She came bearing wonderful news—several manuscripts and other materials regarding some of her father’s…Continue Reading Gifts to PMC May 2019
From Łódź… Two visiting faculty members from the Łódź Music Academy not only performed on our Spring Concert on March 23 but also donated several interesting items for the PMC library. Tomasz Król, Dean of Instrumental Faculty presented us with two great books—Sentymentalna podróż po Łodzi [A Sentimental Journey Around Łódź] and Świat Oper Zygmunta…Continue Reading Gifts to PMC April 2019
A few weeks ago we received another gift of books and sound recordings from the Millenium Library, a venerable institution connected to the Polish school… Read more »…Continue Reading Gifts to PMC March 2019
Górecki in Private Dr. Zofia Petrovich, together with her husband and PMC founders, Stefan and Wanda Wilk, were among the hosts during… Read more » …Continue Reading Gifts to PMC February 2019
The year’s end and the holidays usually prompt our friends near and far to send us all kinds of important publications, scores and other materials that are gratefully accepted and integrated into the Polish Music Center’s library collection. There are several wonderful new items that arrived during the last two months that we would like…Continue Reading Gifts to PMC January 2019
A CONCERT AT CATE Betty Harford, a longtime loyal friend and supporter of the Polish Music Center, attended the Cultural Exchange Program concert given by Polish, Ukrainian and Californian students at Cate School in Caprinteria on October 26. The concert program booklet Ms. Harford sent us lists the wide range of repertoire the six participating…Continue Reading Gifts to PMC November 2018
Our sound library keeps expanding thanks to some old and some new friends of the Polish Music Center who keep donating their newest recordings to us. Composer Joanna Bruzdowicz is certainly one of our closest long-time friends and supporters and she recently sent us a CD featuring Filharmonia Podkarpacka led by Łukasz Wódecki in Bruzdowicz’s Symphony…Continue Reading Gifts to PMC October 2018