Paul Klecki. A Portrait of the Artist in a Historical Perspective

edited by Ewa Kowalska-Zając, Marta Szoka, Ryszard Daniel Golianek
Łódź 2023
ISBN 978-83-60929-87-2
numer of pages: 394 strony
 
cena przedsprzedażowa: 70 zł
Cena obowiązuje w okresie od 6 listopada 2023 do 10 listopada 2023
Cena regularna to 140 zł

CONTENT OF THE BOOK

• Introduction
 

• LIFE

• Maciej Janik
  Paul Klecki and His Family in the Light of Archival Documents
• Danuta Gwizdalanka
  The Vicissitudes of Paul Klecki’s Career in Europe and Worldwide
• Jolanta Szulakowska
  Paul Klecki – An Antiquarian of Old Manifestos. The Artist’s Aesthetic Stance and Background in the Context of Polish and German Music at the Turn of the Century
 

• CAREER

• Cédric Güggi
  Paul Klecki – „Ein Dirigent von außergewöhnlichem Format“
• Łukasz Borowicz
  An Analysis of the Conductor Paul Klecki’s Music Interpretations
• Miłosz Bazelak
  To Salvage What Is No Longer There: On Paul Klecki’s Romantic Understanding of Music on the Example of His Interpretation of Ein Deutsches Requiem by Johannes Brahms
 

• THE OEUVRE

• Ryszard Daniel Golianek
  The Idea and Style of Paul Klecki’s Symphonies
• Timothy L. Jackson
  The Music of a ‘Forbidden’ Jewish Composer: Paul Klecki’s Capriccio (1933)
• Marek Nahajowski
  Paul Klecki’s Concertos in the Context of the Genre’s Traditions
• Marta Szoka
  Towards an Analysis of Paul Klecki’s Style of Composition. Orchestral Variations Opp. 20 and 33
• Ewa Kowalska-Zając
  Paul Klecki’s String Quartets in the Context of European Music from the First Half of the Twentieth Century
• Adam Manijak
  Introduction and Rondo for Violin and Piano, Op. 21 as an Example of Paul Klecki’s Chamber Work with Piano 321
• Małgorzata Grajter
  Paul Klecki’s Songs for Voice and Piano: Word-and-Music Relations
 
• Catalogue of Paul Klecki’s Works
• Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources
• Concerning Paul Klecki
• Index
• Authors’ Biographical Notes

FROM THE INTRODUCTION

The last several dozen years have been marked in Polish music studies by a tendency to explore previously uncharted territories in the history of our musical culture, to present and study data concerning forgotten artists and their outputs. Scholars are frequently additionally inspired to undertake such research by round anniversaries of the composer’s or performer’s birth and death. Such dates typically occasion various initiatives related to the given artist’s promotion or in-depth studies of his or her legacy.

This has also been the case with the present publication, dedicated to the person and oeuvre of Paul Klecki (1900–1973), an eminent and world-famous conductor who was also a notable music composer. The fiftieth anniversary of his death, celebrated in 2023, has created opportunities for various performance projects such as recordings, concerts, and exhibitions. Most of all, it has provoked a group of scholars to do research in this field. Some of the authors had already previously been preoccupied with Klecki’s life and work. Others expressed their willingness to take up this subject in the context of the approaching anniversary. Initiated by Łódź-based music theorists associated with the Department of Theory of Music at the Grażyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz University of Music in Łódź, the project was joined by theorists, musicologists, historians, and conductors from other academic centres in Poland (the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Cracow) as well as abroad (the University of North Texas – College of Music, the Swiss National Library – RISM Digital Center). The thus formed team, which consists of more than a dozen persons, is responsible for the present publication, which undoubtedly fills many gaps in our knowledge about that intriguing man and artist. It is also the first such extensive and multidimensional study of various aspects of Klecki’s biography and of his work as a conductor and composer.

Co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland from the Culture Promotion Fund – a state earmarked fund, as a part of the 'Musical Trace' programme implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance.