Władysława Szpilmana sygnał czołówki Polskiej Kroniki Filmowej (1951)
Władysław Szpilman’s Signal of The Opening Credits of The Polish Film Chronicle (1951)

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the author’s deliberations is the signal for the opening of the Polish Film Chronicle composed by Władysław Szpilman in 1951 – one of the most popular signals in the Polish audiosphere of the time, inseparable from the Polish cinema for four decades of the Polish People’s Republic and at the beginning of the Third Polish Republic. Gołąb cites the composer’s remarks on the circumstances of the creation of the composition. The aim of the article is the critique, analysis and interpretation of sources located in the Documentary and Feature Films Studio in Warsaw. The analysis of the form and the musical content of the mini-polonaise is made first on the basis of a manuscript record of the score, followed by both source phonographic records (1951 and 1970). The author answers questions: what features influenced the mastery of this short composition? What is the difference in performance between the two historical recordings? And why Wojciech Kilar’s polonaise signal for the main news programme of the socialist era does not equal Szpilman’s composition in value?

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