Beschreibung
This book is the first extensive study of the works of Antoni Sza?owski, which provide a clear example of the adaptation of the principles of Neoclassicism and the norms of Nadia Boulanger. The reader gains the impression that the author is firmly grounded in the literature of the subject in its widest sense.
Autorenportrait
El?bieta Szczurko is Assistant Professor of Theory of Music of the Department of Composition, Theory of Music and Sound Engineering at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz (Poland).
Inhalt
Contents: The sources and current state of research – The anthropological dimension of artistic development – Features of the artist’s personal subjectivity – The essence of creativity – Towards Neoclassicism – Mature Neoclassicism – Technical issues – Tonal-harmonic properties – Orchestral technique – Metro-rhythmics – Constructing the form – Aesthetics and technique – Antoni Sza?owski and the school of Nadia Boulanger – The Neoclassicism of the Polish School – Catalogue of works by Antoni Sza?owski.
