Performances
Sheet Music
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First edition ?
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| Publisher. Info.
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Paris: Heugel, 1911. Plate H. & Cie. 24 795.
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| Copyright
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| Misc. Notes
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Scanned at 600 dpi
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| Purchase
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Free Recordings
Opening of 2010 performance (divided into 9 movements/sections of which this is the first, conducted by Bogdan Olędzki. Orchestra: Opera i Filharmonia Podlaska Europejskie Centrum Sztuki w Białymstoku. The other 8 movements are videos @ their YouTube channel.)
*Section 2 of 2010 performance
*Section 3 of 2010 performance
*Section 4 of 2010 performance
*Section 5 of 2010 performance
*Section 6 of 2010 performance
*Section 7 of 2010 performance
*Section 8 of 2010 performance
*Concluding section, 2010 performance
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General Information
| Work Title
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Symphony 'Polonia'
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| Alternative. Title
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| Name Translations
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Symphony in B minor; 交響曲; Sinfonie in h-Moll; Symfonia h-moll; Συμφωνία σε Β ελάσσονα (Παντερέφσκι)
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| Name Aliases
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交響曲 ロ短調 「ポーランド」 Op.24; Symphony in B minor "Polonia", Op. 24; Polonia
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| Authorities
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WorldCat; Wikipedia; VIAF: 177070257; LCCN: n90705824; GND: 300592299
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| Composer
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Paderewski, Ignacy Jan
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| Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.
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Op.24
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| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.
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IIP 27
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| Key
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B minor
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| Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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3 movements
- Adagio maestoso - Poco più mosso - Allegro vivace e molto appassionato
- Andante con moto (B♭ major)
- Vivace - Andantino ma non troppo accel. - Tempo marciale - Tranquillo - Un poco animato - Vivace quasi presto - Meno mosso - Grandioso
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| Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1903-1908
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| First Performance.
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1909 February 12. Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Max Fiedler
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| First Publication.
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1911
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| Average DurationAvg. Duration
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75 minutes
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| Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Romantic
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| Piece Style
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Romantic
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| Instrumentation
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orchestra
- piccolo, 3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets (A)
- bass clarinet (A), 2 bassoons, contrabassoon
- 4 horns (F), 4 trumpets (F), 3 trombones, tuba, 3 contrabass sarrusophones (E♭)
timpani, percussion, organ, harp, strings
- triangle, cymbals, tambour, tambour de basque,
tam-tam, glockenspiel, thunder sheet ("Tonitruone")
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| External Links
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Wikipedia article
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Navigation etc.
Note: Thunder sheet- "Tonitruone" - "A percussive musical instrument devised in 1908 by Ignace Paderewski to suggest the sound of distant thunder."
Given a private performance in Lausanne in December 1908.
