Overview

Engaging Cultural Ideologies offers a recontextualization of the effects of Poland's cultural practices, especially those concerning issues such as nationalism, elitism, and race, on the genesis and performance of contemporary Polish compositions from 1918 to 1956. Based on extensive archival research that includes the first comprehensive examination of concert programs in Poland as well as a series of case studies focused on composers' challenges in the midst of nearly constant turmoil, Bylander brings fresh insights into the public and private power struggles concerning artistic freedom that were animated by similar points of contention across seemingly diverse historical eras.

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"""The book brings a new interpretation of archival materials, in as much as it includes the first such broad analysis of concert programs... Her knowledge of sources is impressive, as is her excellent insight into the meanderings of Polish culture."" — Marta Szoka, Ruch Muzyczny (translated from the Polish) “As a synthesis of current Polish- and English-language scholarly debates, Engaging Cultural Ideologies is essential to scholars, students and Polish music enthusiasts looking for an entry point on the subject. Most of all, as promised in the book’s introduction, Bylander delivers a ‘penetrating picture of the life cycle and performance history of contemporary Polish compositions’ (p. 9) by providing an unparalleled overview of Polish composition and programming practices between 1918 and 1956.” — Marta Beszterda van Vliet, SEER"

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Cindy Bylander is a musicologist and independent scholar living in Fort Collins, Colorado. A recipient of the Polish Composers' Union's Honorary Award and Poland's Gloria Artis Bronze medal, her research focuses on twentieth-century musical life in Poland.

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