Piano works by Łódź’s composers of the second half of the 20th century, part 1

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Piano works by Łódź’s composers of the second half of the 20th century, part 1

Journal Title: Notes Muzyczny - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 4

Abstract

The article is the first part of a cycle of articles in which their author describes piano pieces by Łódź’s composers of the second half of the 20th century from the angle of piano technique means they use; at the same time the author examines whether their works include new technical solutions. He clearly selects the composers who worked in Łódź in that time and chooses only the ones who spent most of their lives in that city, writing and presenting their music. He also narrows the circle of pieces, focusing only on the compositions written before the year 2000. This way, the author determines the area of his studies, which he limited to 10 works. From among piano works by a given composer he only describes the pieces whose scores are generally available or possible to acquire. In the first part of his article, Marcin Werner describes three composers: Karol Mroszczyk, Bernard Pietrzak and Andrzej Hundziak. As a result of his studies, the author shows that an important part in the creative output of Karol Mroszczyk and Andrzej Hundziak are the pieces representing pedagogical literature type and they lack innovative piano techniques. They include 12 piano works by Karol Mroszczyk and 3 Arabesques by Andrzej Hundziak, which were written for young piano students. As for the search for piano technique means, we can observe it in Bernard Pietrzak’s pieces; his only two compositions for this instrument – Piano Pieces and Duo for Solo Piano – belong to the sonoristic genre.<br/><br/>

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Marcin Werner

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