Szymanowski’s Third Symphony: Tradition and the Orient
Karol Szymanowski believed his Third Symphony to be the “deepest and best of everything” he had written at the time. Completed in 1916, the work sets words by Persian poet Rumi; the choice of text indicative of the composer’s interest in the Orient as a source of both musical and philosophical insp...
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Western Libraries, The University of Western Ontario
2019-07-01
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| Series: | Nota Bene |
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/notabene/article/view/8143 |