Władysław Szpilman’s Signal of the Opening Credits of the Polish Film Chronicle (1951)
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The subject of the author’s deliberations is the signal for the opening of the Polish Film Chronicle composed by Władysław Szpilman in 1951 - one of the most popular signals in the Polish audiosphere of the time, inseparable from the Polish cinema for four decades of the Polish People’s Republic and at the beginning of the Third Polish Republic. Gołąb cites the composer’s remarks on the circumstances of the creation of the composition. The aim of the article is the critique, analysis and interpretation of sources located in the Documentary and Feature Films Studio in Warsaw. The analysis of the form and the musical content of the mini-polonaise is made first on the basis of a manuscript record of the score, followed by both source phonographic records (1951 and 1970). The author answers questions: what features influenced the mastery of this short composition? What is the difference in performance between the two historical recordings? And why Wojciech Kilar’s polonaise signal for the main news programme of the socialist era does not equal Szpilman’s composition in value?
Keywords:
Władysław Szpilman, Polish Film Chronicle, audiosphereReferences
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Maciej Gołąbkwartalnik.filmowy@ispan.pl
University of Wrocław Poland
Muzykolog, studiował na Uniwersytecie Warszawskim pod kierunkiem prof. Józefa M. Chomińskiego; obecnie profesor zwyczajny, dyrektor Instytutu Muzykologii Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, członek Komitetu Nauk o Sztuce PAN. Specjalizuje się w historii, teorii i estetyce muzyki XIX i XX w., a także w problematyce chopinologicznej i metodologii badań muzykologicznych. Autor ponad 160 prac naukowych, w tym kilkunastu książek, publikowanych w Polsce, RFN i USA. Do ostatnich należą: Józef Koffler. Compositional Style and Source Docu- ments (2004), Spór o granice poznania dzieła muzycznego (2012), Muzyczna moderna w XX wieku. Między kontynuacją, nowością a zmianą fonosystemu (2011), Twelve Studies in Chopin. Style, Aesthetics and Reception (2014). Publikował w Polsce m.in. w „Muzyce”, „Kwartalniku Filozoficznym” i „Pamiętniku Teatralnym”.
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