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Vol 1. No. 1, Summer 1998: WILK ESSAY PRIZES 1997

• Maria Anna Harley: "Wilk Prizes and the New Journal" (editorial)
• Tyrone Greive: "Kochański's Collaborative Work as Reflected Through his Manuscript Collection"
• Jill Timmons & Sylvain Fremaux: "Alexandre Tansman. Diary of a 20th-Century Composer"
• Timothy J. Cooley: "Authentic Troupes and Inauthentic Tropes: Performance Practice in Górale Music"
• Bibliography Update: Recent Articles on Polish Music

Vol. 1, No. 2, Winter 1998: FROM THE 10TH TO THE 20TH CENTURY

• Maria Anna Harley: "Old and New in Polish Music"(editorial)
• Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska: "Towards Unity in Diversity: Four Religious Rondo Concerti by Marcin Mielczewski"
• Dorota Popławska: "Representation of Musical Instruments in Stone Sculpture in Lower Silesia until the Beginning of the 16th Century"
• Wanda Bacewicz, ed.: "From Notes and Letters of Grażyna Bacewicz"
• Luke Howard: Review of Adrian Thomas's Górecki (1997)
• Cindy Bylander: Review of Krzysztof Penderecki's Labyrinth of Time (1997).

Vol. 2, No. 1-2, Summer-Winter 1999: THE CHOPIN YEAR (I) AND WILK PRIZES 1998

• Editorial: Maria Anna Harley: "Celebrating the Chopin Year"
• Halina Goldberg: "Chopin in Warsaw's Salons"
• Dorota Zakrzewska: "Alienation and Powerlessness: Adam Mickiewicz's Ballady and Chopin's Ballades"
• Andrzej Tuchowski: "Chopin's Integrative Technique and its Repercussions in 20th-Century Polish Music"
• Jan Wecowski: "Religious Folklore in Chopin's Works"
• Douglas Hofstadter: "Chopin's Mayonnaises in Review"
• Book Review: Małgorzata Gąsiorowska: Grażyna Bacewicz (1999); Reviewed by Alicja Usarek.

Vol. 3, No. 1, Summer 2000: THE CHOPIN YEAR (II): TRANSFORMATIONS OF CHOPIN'S STYLE

• Editor's Preface: Maja Trochimczyk: "The Chopin Year and Chopin Studies in Poland"
• Guest Editorial: Maciej Gołąb: "Transformations of Chopin's Style - Introduction"
• Teresa Dalila Turło: "Notes on the Chronology of Chopin Works"
• Zofia Helman: "Norm and Individuation in Chopin's Sonatas"
• Elżbieta Witkowska- Zaremba: "Versification, Syntax and Form in Chopin's Mazurkas"
• Maria Piotrowska: "Late Chopin"
• Book Review: John Rink: Chopin. The Piano Concertos (1999); Reviewed by Wojciech Bonkowski.

Vol. 3, No. 2, Winter 2000: CHOPIN AND LUTOSŁAWSKI

• Editorial: Maja Trochimczyk: Chopin and Lutosławski
• Martina Homma: "Witold Lutosławski's Trois poemes d'Henri Michaux: The Sketches and the Work"
• James Parakilas: "'Nuit plus belle qu'un beau jour:' Poetry, Song, and the Voice in the Piano Nocturne"
• Sandra P. Rosenblum: "'Effusions of a Master Mind:' The Reception of Chopin's Music in Nineteenth-Century America"
• Book Review: Mieczysław Tomaszewski:Chopin. Człowiek, Dzieło, Rezonans, reviewed by Zbigniew Skowron
• Book Review: Martina Homma: Witold Lutosławski. Zwolftön-Harmonik - Tonbildung - 'Aleatorischer Kontrapunkt'; reviewed by Andrzej Chłopecki

Vol. 4, No. 1, Summer 2001:

PADEREWSKI AND POLISH ÉMIGRÉS TO AMERICA

• Editorial: Maja Trochimczyk: Paderewski and Polish Emigré Composers
• Articles:
  • Maja Trochimczyk: Paderewski in Poetry: Master of Harmonies or Poland's Savior?
  • James Wierzbicki: Traditional Values in a Century of Flux: The Music of Feliks Labunski (1892-1979)
  • Anna Granat-Janki: Tradition and Modernity in the Music of Aleksander Tansman
  • Linda Schubert: Film Scores of Henry Vars in the United States: An Overview

• Source Readings (1): Maja Trochimczyk, ed.: Paderewski - Lectures and Documents
  • Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Tempo Rubato
  • Paderewski's Honorary Doctorate from USC (1923): Reports in The Daily Trojan, the Los Angeles Times, and the Los Angeles Examiner
  • Paderewski and the Tenth Anniversary of Poland's Independence (1928): Part I: Introduction and Selected Greetings to Paderewski; Part II: Speeches by Samuel Vauclain, Arthur Sewall, and John H. Finley; Part III: "Remarks in Self-Defense" by Ignacy Jan Paderewski

• Source Readings (2): Maja Trochimczyk and Joseph A. Herter, eds.: Stojowski - Lectures and Documents
  • Arthur G. Burgoyne: Stokowski and Stojowski (A Poem, 1911)
  • Zygmunt Stojowski: The Evolution of Style and Interpretation in Piano Literature (1940)
  • Zygmunt Stojowski: Music and Life: An Address (1944)

Vol. 4, No. 2, Winter 2001:

THE UNKNOWN PADEREWSKI

• Editorial: Maja Trochimczyk: Rediscovering Paderewski
• Articles:
  • Małgorzata Perkowska: The Unknown Compositions of Ignacy Jan Paderewski
  • Małgorzata Wozna-Stankiewicz: The Poetry of Mendčs in the Songs of Paderewski and French Composers
  • Andrzej Piber: The Reception of Paderewski's Manru in the U.S.
  • Aleksandra Konieczna: Stylistic and Dramatic Features of Paderewski's Manru

• Documentation:
  • Małgorzata Perkowska: List of Works by Ignacy Jan Paderewski
  • Małgorzata Perkowska and Maja Trochimczyk: Selected Bibliography of Paderewski
  • Malgorzata Perkowska and Maja Trochimczyk: List of Writings and Lectures by I. J. Paderewski
  • Alfred Nossig: The Libretto of Manru [English trans. by Henry E. Krehbiel]
    • Manru, Act I
    • Manru, Act II
    • Manru, Act III

• Source Readings (1): Maja Trochimczyk, ed.: Selected Writings and Speeches by Paderewski
  • Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Fryderyk Chopin (1910)
  • Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Address at the Unveiling of the Grunwald Monument (1910)
  • Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Appeals for the Polish Victims' Relief Fund (1915)
  • Ignacy Jan Paderewski: Speech to the National Security League (1918)

• Source Readings (2): Maja Trochimczyk, ed.: Selected Articles about Paderewski
  • Henry E. Krehbiel: Analytical Notes on M. Paderewski's Programmes (1895-1908)
  • Egbert Swayne: Paderewski's "Manru" (from Music, January 1902)
  • Nellie Cameron Bates: A Country Girl at a Paderewski Concert (1914)
  • Franciszek E. Fronczak: Paderewski in Light of Polish Emigration in America (1935)
  • Józef Ratajski: Paderewski, The Underappreciated (1935)
  • Antonina Adamowska: The Private Life of Paderewski (1935)
  • Zygmunt Dygat: A Lesson with Paderewski (1935)
  • Wiktor Łabuński: A Visit to Paderewski's Pullman (1935)

Vol. 5, No. 1, Summer 2002:

BACEWICZ AND WILK PRIZES 2001

• Editorial: Maja Trochimczyk: Bacewicz, Wilk Prizes, and Polish Music Secrets
• Articles
  • Judith Rosen: Grażyna Bacewicz: Her Life and Works
  • Adrian Thomas: File 750: Composers, Politics and the Festival of Polish Music (1951)
    Winner of Stefan and Wanda Wilk Essay Prize for Research in Polish Music, 2001 (Professional Category)
  • Sławomir Dobrzański: Maria Szymanowska and Fryderyk Chopin: Parallelism and Influence
    Winner of Stefan and Wanda Wilk Essay Prize for Research in Polish Music, 2001 (Student Category, ex aequo)
  • Katarzyna Grochowska: From Milan to Gdańsk: History of a Dedication
    Winner of Stefan and Wanda Wilk Essay Prize for Research in Polish Music, 2001 (Student Category, ex aequo)

• Documentation:
  • Slawomir Dobrzanski: Maria Szymanowska - Bibliography
  • James Harley, Martina Homma, and Maja Trochimczyk: Witold Lutosławski - Bibliography
  • Maja Trochimczyk: Andrzej Panufnik - Bibliography
  • Maja Trochimczyk and James Harley: Grażyna Bacewicz - Bibliography

Vol. 5, No. 2, Winter 2002:

ZYGMUNT STOJOWSKI AND HIS TIMES

• Editorial: Maja Trochimczyk: Stojowski, Paderewski, and Polish Music in America

• Featured Article: Joseph A. Herter: The Life of Zygmunt Stojowski

• Book Review: Nicholas Reyland: A Protean Diversity - Lutosławski Studies

• Documentation:
  • Joseph A. Herter: Annotated Catalogue of Music by Zygmunt Stojowski
    
  • Joseph A. Herter: Writings by Zygmunt Stojowski
  • Joseph A. Herter: Zygmunt (Sigismond) Stojowski - A Bibliography

• Source Readings (1): Maja Trochimczyk, ed.: Stojowski - Selected Writings (1907-1943)
  • Zygmunt Stojowski: A Master Lesson on Chopin's First Impromptu (1915)
  • Zygmunt Stojowski: Program Notes on Polish Music (1930)
  • Zygmunt Stojowski: Paderewski in the Light of my Recollections and Beliefs (1935)
  • William Armstrong: Sigismond Stojowski and His Views on Piano Study (1906)
  • Maja Trochimczyk, ed.: Selected Reviews of Stojowski's Music (1907-1943)
  • Maja Trochimczyk, ed.: Program Notes for Stojowski's Works (1913-1916)

• Source Readings (2): Maja Trochimczyk, ed.: American Reception of Polish Music (1902-1944)
  • William Mason: Paderewski: A Critical Study (1902)
  • Alfred Nossig: The Secret of Paderewski's Playing (1902)
  • Fanny Morris Smith: What Poet is most Akin to Chopin? (1902)
  • Antonina Szumowska: An Appreciation of Chopin (1910)
  • Edward Baxter Perry: The Story of the Polonaise (1909)
  • Margaret Anderton: The Spirit of the Polonaise (1917)
  • Jarosław Zieliński: Poles in Music (1902)
  • Michael J. Piduch: The Soul of Poland in Music (1921)
  • Felix R. Łabuński: Poland's Contribution to Music (1944)

Vol. 6, No. 1, Summer 2003:

POLISH JEWISH MUSIC — SOURCES AND STUDIES

• Editorial, Maja Trochimczyk: Separation and Belonging: Polish Jews, Jewish Poles and their Music

• Articles:
  • Michael Beckerman: Neuro-Nationalism, or Why Can't We All Just Get Along?
  • Marian Fuks: Musical Traditions of Polish Jews
  • Maciej Golab: Józef Koffler: The First Polish Composer of Twelve-Tone Music
  • Martin Schüssler: "Karol Rathaus—An American Composer of Polish Origin:" The Development of an Americanized View of Rathaus and its Consequences for the Reception of His Music
  • Hankus Netsky: Three Twentieth-Century Jewish Musicians from Poland: Frydman, Rosner, and Bazyler
  • Bret Werb: "Majufes: A Vestige of Jewish Traditional Song in Polish Popular Entertainments"

• Source Readings (selected by Maja Trochimczyk):
  • Józef Hoffman: "The Proper Musical Education of Children" (1901)
  • Wanda Landowska: "The Interpretation of Bach's Works" (1906)
  • James M. Tracy: "The World's Greatest Pianists" (1907)
  • Moritz Rosenthal: "Chopin's Masterly Valse in A-Flat, Op. 42: A Detailed Lesson Analysis by the Eminent Virtuoso" (1934)
  • Roman Ryterband: "Contemporary Music: Yes or No" (1963)
  • "Aleksander Tansman to Tadeusz Kaczynski: Selected Letters (1971-1985)"
  • Aleksander Tansman: "In Praise of Szymon Laks" (1984)

• Documentation:
  • Maja Trochimczyk, ed.: Program of International Conference "Polish/Jewish/Music!" (1998)