"Krzysztof Penderecki" - by Mieczyslaw Tomaszewski



"Krzysztof Penderecki - Musica sacra - musica profana" - by Prof. Regina Chlopicka






Series:


Serie "Composers and the Art of Their Time", which includes the following volumes:

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  "Fryderyk Chopin" with essays by Prof. Irena Poniatowska and Dr. Agnieszka Morawinska
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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• "Karol Szymanowski" with texts by Prof. Zofia Helman and Dr. Agnieszka Morawinska
  
  
  
  
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  "Witold Lutoslawski" with essays by Andrzej Chlopecki and Luiza Nader
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  "Muzyka polskiego baroku" (Music of the Polish Baroque) by Ewa Obniska and Marcin Zglinski

Each publication contains an essay presenting the creative achievements of the composer or period in question, and the contribution they made to European culture. A second essay presents the visual arts of the composer's times. These volumes have a uniform and interesting design, and each comes with a CD of music by the given composer, performed by outstanding Polish artists. The character of these publications allows the music of the composer or period to be presented against the background of general trends in art at the time, with a special focus on the visual arts.



Serie "Portraits", a series devoted to great people of the Polish music scene. In this series, the Institute has published volumes on:

• "Ignacy Jan Paderewski", text by Malgorzata Perkowska and Marek Drozdowski
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Karol Szymanowski", text by Elzbieta Jasinska-Jedrosz
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• "Witold Lutoslawski", text by Dr. Zbigniew Skowron.

The Adam Mickiewicz Institute has also issued many smaller publications on music, including brochures and leaflets on Polish contemporary music, jazz, opera as well as publications related to concerts and presentations of Polish music as part of large promotional projects.