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Witold Lutosławski was an outstanding Polish composer of the 20th century who attempted to create a new musical language by incorporating elements of folk songs, 12-tone serialism, atonal counterpoint, and controlled improvisations reminiscent of aleatory (chance, see aleatory music) compositions.
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His folk-inspired music includes the Concerto for Orchestra (1954)—which first brought him international renown—and Dance Preludes (1955), which he described as a "farewell to folklore". From the late 1950s he began developing new, characteristic composition techniques.
Feb 7, 1994 · The Polish Music Center at USC owns six original manuscripts of Lutosławski’s orchestral works: Mini Overture, Preludes and Fugue for 13 strings, Mi-Parti for orchestra, Novelette for orchestra, and Paroles tissées for tenor and orchestra.
Album, Reissue, Remastered. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2008 CD release of "Witold Lutosławski: Orchestral Music" on Discogs.
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Lutosławski rearranged many of his pieces as needed by performers or ensembles. His primary arrangements, both of entire pieces and select movements, are listed as numbered items below their source material.
Witold Lutosławski was indisputably one of the major composers of the twentieth century. Born in Warsaw in 1913, he showed prodigious musical and intellectual talent from an early age.
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Witold Lutosławski is the greatest Polish composer of the second half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest music artists of the previous century.
