Polish Music since Szymanowski Book

List of musical examples; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations;

Part I. The Captive Muse:

1. Szymanowski and his legacy;
2. The Second World War;
3. Post-war reconstruction;
4. Socialist realism I: its onset and genres;
5. Socialist realism II: concert music;

Part II. Facing West:
6. The 'Warsaw Autumn';
7. Engaging with the avant-garde;

Part III. The Search for Individual Identity:
8. The pull of tradition;
9. Sonorism and experimentalism;
10. A significant hinterland;

Part IV. Modernisms and National Iconographies:
11. Pursuing the abstract;
12. Music and symbolism I: sacred and patriotic sentiment;
13. Music and symbolism II: vernacular and classical icons;
14. Emigré composers;
15. Young Poland;

Part V. Postscript:
16. After Lutoslawski; Appendices; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.