Wightman, Alistair: Karol Szymanowski (Ashgate Books) Hardback

Contents

Contents: Ancestry and early years; Student years in Warsaw; Young Poland in music; 1908–1911; Vienna 1911–1913; 1914; Rapprochement; Revolution and civil war; Wanderings I; King Roger; The development of the Polish Lechitic style; The sorriest chapter; Traditional Polish tuberculosis; Icebreak and catastrophe; Wanderings II; Conclusion; Appendices: Genealogical table showing the main lines of the Szymanowski and Taube families; Personalia; Catalogue of musical works; Catalogue of literary works; Notes; Bibliography; Index.