February 5 - Grażyna Bacewicz (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for February 5th are here: Ole Bull (2020) and Barrett Strong; Christian Gottlob Neefe (2021)

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Grażyna Bacewicz (5 February 1909 – 17 January 1969) was a Polish composer and violinist. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Style

 

Bacewicz is generally labelled neoclassical, but with a discernible stylistic evolution from (1) early influence of Szymanowski and assimilation of French neoclassicism (Boulanger), (2) to her own mature neoclassical style created in her second period, 1944-1958, and to (3) a period of stylistic experimentation with sonorism, 12-tone techniques, aleatoricism, and collage. -- adapted from https://polishmusic.usc.edu/research/publications/polish-music-journal/vol5no1/grazyna-bacewicz-life-and-works/

Grażyna Bacewicz’s 

  Style evolved,

At first neoclassic,

  But then more involved.

In fact, in her fifties

  She put in her bids

To try out the latest

  And keep up with the kids.

 

 

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