<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The genesis of the Warsaw Autumn Festival was fraught with both potential and real complications. Musical life in Poland at the end of the first postwar decade was in a state of flux, if not turmoil, as ideological disagreements and material complications contributed to an atmosphere of dismay and distrust among musicians and authorities. This paper provides insight into the context in which the Festival’s organizers were operating, particularly the shortcomings of musical life in mid-decade that threatened to derail the Festival before it even began.</p></abstract>

The genesis of the Warsaw Autumn Festival was fraught with both potential and real complications. Musical life in Poland at the end of the first postwar decade was in a state of flux, if not turmoil, as ideological disagreements and material complications contributed to an atmosphere of dismay and distrust among musicians and authorities. This paper provides insight into the context in which the Festival’s organizers were operating, particularly the shortcomings of musical life in mid-decade that threatened to derail the Festival before it even began.

From Restrictions to Freedom The Perilous Path to the First Warsaw Autumn Festival

Musicology Today

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The genesis of the Warsaw Autumn Festival was fraught with both potential and real complications. Musical life in Poland at the end of the first postwar decade...

From Restrictions to Freedom The Perilous Path to the First Warsaw Autumn Festival

Published Online: Feb 10, 2018

Page range: 91 - 104

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/muso-2017-0004

© 2017 Cindy Bylander, published by De Gruyter Open

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