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Regamey&Regamey Vol. 2 a CD cover

Read more about the Regamey&Regamey Vol. 2 project

Projekt wykroczył daleko poza wydanie pojedynczej płyty CD. Ze względów finansowych nie mogliśmy mogliśmy sobie pozwolić na wydanie bardziej...

2024-01-12

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A cover of the November issue of the Polish journal entitled Bibliotekarz - The Librarian

The Library of the Polish Composers' Union on its way towards modernity

Between the 28th and 30th of November, 2022, in the Karol Lipiński Music Academy in Wrocław, the conference of Polish music librarians was...

2023-11-25

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Cover of the 1956 Warsaw Autumn programme

From Polish music history... Polish contemporary music

Between the two world wars, most Polish composers were associated with the Association des Jeunes Musiciens Polonais, founded in 1926 in Paris. They...

2023-01-08

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Karol Szymanowski - portrait

From Polish music history... Karol Szymanowski

Born on 3rd October 1882 in Tymoszówka (now Ukraine), died on 29th March 1937 in Lausanne. He spent his childhood in his family’s country estate....

2023-01-08

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Portrait of Mieczysław Karłowicz

From Polish music history... Mieczysław Karłowicz

Born on 11th Dec. 1876 in Wiszniewo, died tragically on 8th Feb. 1909 in the Tatra. He spent his first six years of childhood in the family estate in...

2023-01-08

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6 Songs by Karłowicz - Cover

From Polish music history... Young Poland

The group which at the turn of the 19th century opposed the conservative character of Polish music, represented by such composers as Żeleński and...

2022-10-30

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Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Hartsook Photo (San Francisco; Los Angeles), [before 1926]; source: Polona.pl

From Polish music history... Polish music in the early 20th century, Ignacy Jan Paderewski

The time after Chopin in Polish music was a period of the growing influence of German music, particularly of Mendelssohn, Schumann and Wagner....

2022-10-30

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Wieniawski - Souvenir de Posen - one page

From Polish music history... Henryk Wieniawski

Born on 10th July 1835 in Lublin. His father Tadeusz was a renowned surgeon, and his mother Regina née Wolff – an excellent amateur pianist. The...

2022-10-30

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Widma Moniuszki - cover

From Polish music history... Stanisław Moniuszko

Born on 5th May 1819 in Ubiel near Minsk, learned first at home with his mother Elżbieta. Then, from 1827, he learned the piano with August Freyer in...

2022-10-29

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Chopin - portrait by Maria Wodzińska; source: Polona.pl

From Polish music history... Fryderyk Chopin - a calendar

A calendar of the composer's life 1810 Fryderyk (Frédéric) Chopin was born on 1st March (or, according to some historians, 22nd February) 1810 in...

2022-10-29

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Piano Quintet in G Minor by Zarębski - the first page

From Polish music history... Polish composers before Chopin and his contemporaries

The Romanticism in Polish music was preceded by a development of Polish classical songs, piano and symphonic pieces. The first Polish symphony was...

2022-10-29

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Cud mniemany - poster

From Polish music history... The Polish opera

The opera – a new musical genre of the Baroque – was brought to Poland on the initiative of Władysław (Ladislaus) Vasa, the king’s son, as...

2022-10-29

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