Józef Turczyński
Turczyński was born in
Among the pianists who received instruction from him were Halina Czerny-Stefańska (1935–39), Witold Małcużyński, Henryk Sztompka, Stanisław Szpinalski, Max Fishman and Ryszard Bakst. See: List of music students by teacher: T to Z#Józef Turczyński.
The Edition of the Complete Works of Chopin, the most widely accepted edition since the Second World War, was begun under the editorial chairmanship of Ignacy Jan Paderewski in 1937. It was prepared for the Frederic Chopin Institute in Warsaw (Instytut Fryderyka Chopina, Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne). On Paderewski's death in 1941, when it was only just begun, Turczyński took on the task with Ludwik Bronarski, and brought the work to completion in 1949 in 27 volumes. Each volume carries a bar-by-bar commentary upon variant texts as a supplement, and the edition was based primarily on comparison of autograph manuscripts, approved copies and first editions, with special attention to original dynamic markings and fingerings, etc.
In his later years Turczyński lived in Brazil, but he died in Lausanne, Switzerland.
References
- Arthur Eaglefield Hull, A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians (Dent, London 1924).
- J. Methuen-Campbell, Chopin Playing from the Composer to the Present Day (Gollancz, London 1981).
- I.J. Paderewski et al. (ed), Chopin Complete Works: VII Nocturnes, (Instytut Fryderyka Chopina, Warsaw 1951), (10th Edition 1970), 107-125.
External links
- (in Polish) Józef Turczyński - biografia (with a small photo); see also list of works
- The Fryderyk Chopin Institute - Persons related to Chopin: Józef Turczyński
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