Orchestra
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HL.215244
The
Works of Mieczyslaw
Karlowicz Volume 11.
Composed by Mieczystaw
Karlowicz. PWM.
Classical. Hardcover. 140
pages. Polskie
Wydawnictwo Muzyczne
#11592010. Published by
Polskie Wydawnictwo
Muzyczne (HL.215244).
12.0x17.0x0.63
inches.
Hardcover
full score. Text in
Polish, German, and
English. This edition of
the works of Mieczyslaw
Karlowicz is based on
critically examined
sources. It includes all
his compositions. The aim
of the edition is to
present the composer's
original text as
authentically as
possible. This is not an
easy task. The source
materials of Karlowicz's
music are very diverse in
nature. Apart from most
of the songs, the
composer prepared for
printing and published in
his lifetime the
following: Serenade for
Strings Op. 2, Prelude
and Fugue Op. 5, Concerto
in A major for Violin and
Orchestra Op. 8,
Returning Waves Op. 9 and
Eternal Songs Op. 10.
Being highly experienced
in writing for a symphony
orchestra, and
knowledgeable in the
modern method of
instrumentation in the
neoromantic style, he
prepared his scores with
great care. The remaining
symphonic poems were not
published before the
composer's death; and the
'Rebirth' Symphony, the
manuscript of which
miraculously survived the
ravages of World War II,
was issued only in 1993,
as part of the present
Complete Works edition.
During this war the
autographs of the most
compositions by
Karlowicz, including all
his symphonic poems
(except for The Sorrowful
Tale), were lost. The
present publication,
therefore, is based as a
rule on the first
editions, compared with
extant autographs or
authorized copies of the
scores. The amendments of
misprints or self-evident
mistakes on the part of
the composer are not
indicated graphically in
the text but referred to
in the Editorial
Notes.