Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) was the composer of a substantial body of compositions for the piano which, outside of his native Poland, remain little known and performed more than forty years after his death. This document is designed to acquaint the reader with this literature, and to give him a general introduction to the stylistic characteristics of the composer. As most of the important books about the composer are in Polish, an annotated bibliography is included which directs the reader's attention to more detailed sources, in both English and Polish, concerning the solo piano works.

Note: / Karol Szymanowski's music has fascinated me for a long time. The first time I encountered his name was in Artur Rubinstein's autobiography, which recounts how they first met and narrates many anecdotes about their friendship. At the time, I was living in Brazil, and was unable to find any recordings of his music. Nonetheless, Rubinstein's ardent praise of him (“a master!”, “a great Polish composer!”, “a powerful, original personality”) made me very curious, and I did not abandon my desire to keep looking for his music. Then, when I moved to Montreal in order to start my undergraduate degree at McGill University, I was finally able to find many recordings of his works at the school's library.[...]

The Author of this work focuses on the Polish music composer Karol Szymanowski and his works for violin. This work includes a biography of the composer with the emphasis on his work, describes his creative period and is dedicates to his compositions for violin. The Author concentrates on the Sonata for violin and piano in D minor, Op. 23, Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28, Myths Op. 30, Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35, Concerto for Violin No. 2, Op. 61 and a few other small pieces for this instrument. He also focuses on the circumstances, which influenced the creation of Szymanowski and his compositional style. One of the main objectives of this work is to provide information, with which should be familiar every violinist, who studies the works of this composer. This work can be as well useful also for everyone, who is interested in the personality of Karol Szymanowski and his music.

Note:

Orientador: Carlos Fernando Fiorini / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Artes / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T20:59:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Jennings_Claudia_M.pdf: 7069655 bytes, checksum: a9c68d2a82e06d8f0e585572a9937685 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: O Stabat Mater op. 53 do polonês Karol Szymanowski é uma peça representativa da fase de maturidade do compositor, na qual ele emprega elementos da música tradicional polonesa estilizados e técnicas modernas de composição. Este trabalho é dirigido ao regente que planeja executar o Stabat Mater. Nele são apresentadas sugestões de preparação e interpretação da obra a partir da análise dos elementos estruturais e textuais dirigida para sua performance. Discute-se também a escolha do coro e da orquestra, bem como composições do programa de concerto. Por se tratar da execução da obra em sua língua original, também é apresentado um guia da pronúncia da língua polonesa voltado aos cantores falantes do português, incluindo a transcrição fonética do texto / Abstract: The Stabat Mater op. 53 from the Polish composer Karol Szymanowski is a representative work from his mature phase, in which he uses elements from the traditional Polish music and modern compositional techniques. This study is directed toward the conductor who plans to perform the Stabat Mater. The paper presents a background of the work from the analysis of structural and textual elements regarding the performance. The choice of the choir and orchestra is discussed, as well as the possibilities of concert programming. Because of the fact that the work will be performed in the original language, a pronunciation guide of the Polish language is presented and directed to Portuguese-speaking singers, including the phonetic transcription of the text / Mestrado / Praticas Interpretativas / Mestra em Música