Grazyna Bacewicz

Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) was a composer with an individual, expressive style. She was also an excellent violinist, a very fine pianist, and a talented author. Her compositional output covered many genres, from ballets to songs and choral works, but also ranging from symphonies, concerti, and chamber works to pieces for solo piano

About the author

Joanna Sendlak is the grand-daughter of Grażyna Bacewicz. She was born and studied in Warsaw - first painting at the Academy of Fine Arts, then philosophy at the University. She has exhibited paintings in Warsaw galleries, published stories in literary magazines and is the author of a number of novels, most recently The Dreamer of 76th Street (Nowy Świat, 2016), With Fire: Grażyna Bacewicz in Love on the Eve of War (Skarpa Warszawska, 2018) and Symphony of Stars (Skarpa Warszawska, 2019). Two volumes of her short stories were published by Fundacja Światlo Literatury in 2019: Atotsi and Labirynt.

Summary

Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) was a composer with an individual, expressive style. She was also an excellent violinist, a very fine pianist, and a talented author. This biographical story, based in large measure on letters and other family documents, has been brought to us first hand by the composer's grand-daughter, the writer Joanna Sendlak.

Product details

• Authors: Joanna Sendlak
• Assisted by: Halina Maria Boniszewska (Translation)
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2024
• EAN: 9781800505049
• ISBN: 978-1-80050-504-9
• No. of pages: 140
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 484 g
• Series: Women in Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre > Biographies, autobiographies