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POLISH EARLY MVSIC

Every once in a while, somebody asks us for a place to buy Polish music sheets. Unfortunately, the situation didn't improve much during 10 years of free market existence in Poland :(
However, there are a few places to look. The first one should be PWM, which stands for Polskie Wydawnictwa Muzyczne, or Polish Music Editions. The company, which was until recently practically a sole music sheet editor in Poland, has a website at http://www.pwm.com.pl/. PWM edited almost everything in Polish classical music, but unfortunately a majority of their editions is currently out of print.

The address is:
PWM
Al. Krasińskiego 11.a
31-111 Kraków
tel. +48(12) 422-70-44
fax. +48(12) 422-01-74

Colporters of PWM for America and Great Britain:

USA, CANADA
THEODORE PRESSER COMPANY
1 Presser Place
Bryn Mawr
PA 19010-3490
Tel. +1 610 5253636
Fax. +1 610 5277841

GB
Alfred A. Kalmus Ltd.
38 Eldon Way
Paddock Wood
TN12 6BE Tonbridge
Kent
ENGLAND
Tel. +44 1892 833422
Fax. +44 1892 836038

Another publisher, rather new on the market, but with a growing significance and with interesting choice of early music publications, is Wydawnictwo Muzyczne TRIANGIEL (TRIANGIEL Music Publishers). The company has English version of their website, and full catalog available online, where you can place orders via email or snail mail. One can expect further developments and even more interesting publications from this company, and it's definitely a place worth returning to.

And the last source of scores:

Musica Iagiellonica
ul. Westerplatte 10
31-033 Krakow, Poland
tel. 0602 352 329
fax +48(12) 422-00-64

(To be continued...)