| Description |
xiii, 335 pages : illustrations, portraits, music ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Early years -- Education and first attempts at composition -- World War II and the Nazi occupation -- The new reality : the first years after the war -- Socialist realism and the decision to emigrate -- Escape from Poland and first years in a new homeland -- Birmingham : the conductor and a return to composition -- Success of Sinfonia sacra, marriage and beginning of stabilisation -- The search for a new musical language, and artistic flourishing after 1968 -- The last decade : the years of fulfilment -- Andrzej Panufnik's compositional style : a sketch -- Symmetry in the composer's self-reflection -- Symmetry in terms of harmony and tonality -- Symmetry in terms of musical syntax -- Symmetry of form. |
| Language |
English text; translated from Polish. |
| Subject |
Panufnik, Andrzej, 1914-1991.
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Panufnik, Andrzej, 1914-1991. |
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Composers -- Poland -- Biography.
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Composers. |
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Poland. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Expatriate composers -- England -- Biography.
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Expatriate composers. |
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England. |
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Panufnik, Andrzej, 1914-1991 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Criticism and interpretation. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Reisner, Richard, translator.
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| ISBN |
9781409463290 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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140946329X (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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