The books were initially published by the Friends of Polish Music (Wanda Wilk, President of Friends of Polish Music, served as the Editor-in-Chief, inclusive of vol. 6); in volume 6 the publisher changed to the Polish Music Center at USC. For volumes 7 and 8, Dr. Maja Trochimczyk served as the series Editor-in-Chief, with Dr. Linda Schubert as Editor. In addition to the titles published or in production that are listed below, the PMC is planning to publish books on Henryk Górecki, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Krzysztof Meyer and facsimile editions of Witold Lutosławski's manuscripts held in the Polish Music Center's collection. You may order the available titles from the Polish Music History Series at: Polish Music Center USC 840 West 34th St. Los Angeles, CA 90089-0851 Tel: (213) 821-1356 Fax: (213) 821-4040 E-mail: polmusic@thornton.usc.edu Please add $7.50 for shipping and handling charges in the U.S. or $15 for foreign orders (per order). This rate is subject to change for very large orders. NO. 1 (out of print) WANDA WILK Karol Szymanowski. Most Neglected Composer of the Century With a foreword by William Thomson. 1982. ($5) Short guide published for the composer's Centennial Celebration at the University of Southern California. 16 pp.: port.; 22cm. ISBN 0-916545-01-6. Lib. of Congress catalog no.: ML 410 S99 W5. Available only from Friends of Polish Music c/o Polish Music Center. NO. 2 JUDITH ROSEN Grażyna Bacewicz: Her Life and Works With a foreword by Witold Lutosławski. Friends of Polish Music, 1984. ($10) The first monograph in English by a leading specialist on women composers. Includes lists of principal prizes, awards and others; list of compositions; discography; bibliography; index. 70 pp.: ill., music, ports,; 23 cm. ISBN 0-916545-02-4. Lib. of Congress catalog no.: ML 410 B05 R7 The following parts of this book have been published online in Polish Music Journal vol. 5 no. 1: foreword by Witold Lutosławski, text by Judith Rosen, and an updated bibliography by Maja Trochimczyk and James Harley. The list of Bacewicz's compositions and a discography is available on the Bacewicz site at the Polish Music Center: www.usc.edu/dept/polish_music/composer/bacewicz.html. NO. 3 ADRIAN THOMAS Grażyna Bacewicz: Chamber and Orchestral Music Friends of Polish Music, 1985. ($15) A follow-up to PMHS 2 and the first analytical study of Bacewicz's music. Prof. Thomas is a British composer, musicologist, and an expert on Polish music, professor of music at Cardiff University of Wales. 128 pp. and 57 ill., Includes list of published works; bibliography; index. ISBN 0-916545-03-2. Library of Congress catalog no.: ML 410 B05 T5 NO. 4 KORNEL MICHAŁOWSKI & GILLIAN OLECHNO-HUSZCZA Polish Music Literature (1515-1990): A Selected Bibliography 1991. ($25) First Polish music bibliography in English. Compiled by Kornel Michałowski, the foremost Polish music bibliographer and revised with additions by Gillian Olechno-Huszcza, former archivist of the Polish Music Center at USC. 244 pp. Includes bibliographical s and index. ISBN 0-916545-04-0. Lib. of Congress no.: ML 120 P6 NO. 5 TERESA CHYLIŃSKA Karol Szymanowski: His Life and Works Translated by Dr. John Głowacki. 1993. ($30) Based on the correspondence and writings of Szymanowski collected for thirty years by the author, a foremost Polish expert on this composer, the monograph provides new material and new insights. It includes references to all first performances of the composer's works in America and the composer's own analysis of his Second Piano Sonata. Background information on the beginnings of Stabat Mater (a choral masterpiece of this century), and the scenario to the ballet Harnasie appear in a book for the first time. 355 pp. With discography, bibliography and index. ISBN 0-916545-00-8 NO. 6 Larger image MAJA TROCHIMCZYK, ed. After Chopin: Essays in Polish Music Published by Polish Music Center at USC, 2000. 333 pp. With music examples, illustrations, portraits. ISBN 0-916545-05-9. ($30). A collection of essays in three parts. Part I: "100 Years of Defining Chopin" with essays by 19th-and-20th-century Polish composers about Chopin and his significance (by Władysław Żeleński, Zygmunt Noskowski, Karol Szymanowski, Stanisław Niewiadomski, Mateusz Gliński, and Witold Lutosławski). These essays appear in English for the first time. Part II: "Wilk Prizes for Research in Polish Music" including a selection of prize-winning essays about Karol Szymanowski, Witold Lutosławski and Roman Ingarden (by Stephen Downes, Richard Zielinski, Michael Klein, and Maja Trochimczyk). Part III: "Music and National Identity" with essays by Zofia Helman (nationality and universality of Polish music), Timothy Cooley (Wilk Prize winner; the music of the Tatra mountains) and Maja Trochimczyk (national anthems). NO. 7 Larger image ZOFIA HELMAN, TERESA CHYLIŃSKA, and ALISTAIR WIGHTMAN, eds. The Songs of Karol Szymanowski and His Contemporaries Published by Polish Music Center at USC, 2002. 304 pages; 128 illustrations; list of Szymanowski's songs. ISBN 0-916545-06-7. ($40) Proceedings of the International Symposium that took place in March 1997 in Zakopane to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Szymanowski's death. Foreword by Teresa Chylińska. Papers by Tomasz Baranowski, Edward Boniecki, Paul Cadrin, Stephen Downes, Maciej Gołąb, Zofia Helman, Danuta Jasińska, Elżbieta Jasińska Jędrosz, Alicja Jarzębska, Laura Kafka, Daniela Philippi, Wolfgang Ruf, Andrzej Tuchowski, Mieczysław Tomaszewski, Roman Vlad, Adam Walaciński, and Alistair Wightman. Papers translated by Alistair Wightman and Anne Desler. Polish version published by Musica Iagellonica in 2001. The publication of this volume was made possible by a grant from the Karol Szymanowski Fund, established by Anne Felicya Cierpik at the Kościuszo Foundation of New York. NO. 8 Larger image MACIEJ GOŁĄB Józef Koffler: Compositional Style and Source Documents Published by Polish Music Center at USC, 2004. Translated by Maksymilian Kapelański, Marek Żebrowski and Linda Schubert. With a foreword by Prof. Antony Polonsky and a CD of music examples. Hardcover. ISBN 0-916545-07-5. ($60) The first monograph about a Polish-Jewish composer, Józef Koffler, Poland's first twelve-tone composer, a pioneer of neoclassicism and folklorism in Polish music, who died in the Holocaust in 1944. Koffler's oeuvre includes symphonies, piano concerto, numerous chamber pieces, including Ukrainian Sketches for string quartet, chamber cantata Die Liebe, songs, works for solo piano (withe arrangements of Polish and Ukrainian folklore). Prof. Gołąb's study is a detailed examination of Koffler's life, music, and compositional style, based on newly discovered sources (manuscripts for pieces that were considered lost, especially the Piano Concerto). Polish version published by Musica Iagellonica in 1995. English version includes a foreword by Prof. Antony Polonsky (Albert Abramson Chair of Holocaust Studies at Brandeis University and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum) and a CD with a sample of Koffler's music from the archives of the Polish Radio in Warsaw, Poland; CD edited by Mateusz Gołąb [47 examples, 43 minutes]. NO. 9 SŁAWOMIR DOBRZAŃSKI Maria Szymanowska Published by Polish Music Center at USC, June 2005. ($25). Paperback. ISBN 1-932800-18-2. The first English-language monograph about the life and music of virtuosa pianist-composer Maria Szymanowska, née Wołowska (1789-1831). Based on Dobrzański's doctoral dissertation, the book presents Szymanowska's biography based on Polish sources as well as thorough analyses of her whole oeuvre, especially her piano music (with a separate chapter dedicated to her influence on Fryderyk Chopin). The CD contains Dobrzański's studio recordings, including her nocturnes, etudes, fantasy, mazurkas, and other works for solo piano. NO. 10 JOSEPH A. HERTER Zygmunt Stojowski: Life and Music Published by Polish Music Center at USC, August 2007. ($25). Paperback. ISBN 1-932800-26-3. The first comprehensive biography of this long-neglected and undeservedly forgotten virtuoso pianist and composer. Stojowski was born in Poland in 1870 and studied at the Conservatoire Nationale in Paris with Leo Delibes, Theodore Dubois and Louis Dièmer. Mr. Herter's book provides fascinating insights and details of Stojowski's colorful life, his association with musicians such as Stokowski, Nikisch, Tchaikovski, and Paderewski, information on his students (including Oscar Levant, Alfred Newman, and Guiomar Noaves, among many others), and a catalogue of his compositions. Back to PMC Home Page Copyright 1997-2003 by the Polish Music Center Send your comments and inquiries to:polmusic@thornton.usc.edu This page updated in 2 August 2007.