A Warsaw-based musicologist, Dr. Grzegorz Zieziula,recently sent us two very interesting publications containing his scholarly articles. The first, O Słowackim—Umysły ludzi różne [About Słowacki—The Variety of Human Minds] was published by the Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2009 to coincide with the bicentennial celebrations of Słowacki’s birthday. The substantial written oeuvre of this very important Romantic-era…Continue Reading Recent Gifts to PMC
Krzysztof Kur, organizer of the “Muzyka Odnaleziona” Festival and the Narodowe Centrum Kultury, just sent us the recording of the December 4, 2016 concert of Polish premieres at the Royal Łazienki Palace in Warsaw. Spotlighting the archival holdings of the PMC, this concert featured selections of American songs and short piano pieces written in Los Angeles by…Continue Reading Gifts to PMC February 2017
From Janusz Sporek, a well-known choral conductor active in the New York City, we received two books: Rajcza-Rybnik-Poland—20 Years of Artistic and Promotional Work in the USA and G…., czyli grzeczne felietony Skandalisty [S…, or Polite Polemics by the Scandalist]. These items were delivered to the PMC by pianist Tadeusz Domanowski, who performed a Gala Recital at the 2016 Paderewski…Continue Reading Gifts to PMC December 2016
From David Yang: a 2 CD set of Chopin “Mazurkas, Ballade in F minor, Piano Sonata op. 58…” (NIFCCD 619-620) performed by Kate Liu, 3rd prize winner at the 2016 Chopin Competition From the Ryterband Family via daughter Diana Eisele: set of correspondence letters (5) between composer Roman Ryterband and PWM Music Publishers From Dr. Slawomir Dobrzanski of the Kansas State University…Continue Reading Recent Gifts to PMC
Composer Marian Borkowski recently sent the PMC a large package of many of his scores as well as a book. This collection will be an invaluable resource of contemporary music, especially for those musicians and researchers interested in Polish choral music. The contents are below: 1 autobiography/book entitled, “Marian Borkowski: Jubileusz 80-Lecia Urodzin [80th Birthday Anniversary]” 46…Continue Reading Recent Gifts to PMC
From the Vice President of the Senate of the Republic of Poland, Maria Koc, we received brand new copies of “The Senate of the Republic of Poland: Tradition and Contemporaneity 15th – 21st Cent.” by Jerzy Pietrzak, in both English and in Polish. Polish Canadian pianist, Daniel Wnukowski, is one of the leading musicians of his…Continue Reading Recent Gifts to PMC
From our friends at PWM—Director Adam Radzikowski and Editor-in-Chief, Daniel Cichy—we received an excellent recent publication, Muzyka wzwodzi—diagnozy i portrety [Music Inspires—Diagnoses and Portraits], a collection of over 40 superb and well-argued essays by Andrzej Chłopecki (1950-2012). Published by PWM with an introduction by Jan Topolski, this fascinating book is a valuable addition to our library. And, talking…Continue Reading Recent Gifts to PMC
The daughter of composer Roman Ryterband, Diana Eisele, stopped by the PMC on January 25 to deliver another installment in the Roman Ryterband collection. This latest addition is likely to be the final delivery of classical compositions by the Ryterband—future additions will be focused on his popular music and personal items. Article from Chicago newspaper…Continue Reading More in the Ryterband Collection
The month of December encourages world-wide a Holiday spirit of gift-giving, and this year especially the Polish Music Center found itself on the receiving end of many wonderful gifts and donations from our friends across the globe. Teresa Chylińska—the world’s leading expert on Szymanowski anda great friend of PMC—donated two important publications to us recently….Continue Reading 2015 in Review – PMC Donations
Thank you for expanding our collection! From Thomas Pandolfi (2 self-released CDs): Polish Masters featuring works by Paderewski, Godowsky, Labunski and Chopin Language of Infinity featuring selected works by Chopin From Maja Trochimczyk (1 Book): Frederic Chopin: A Research and Information Guide (2nd edition) by William Smialek and Maja Trochimczyk From Divine Arts Recording Group…Continue Reading Recent Donations to the PMC