PWM Edition

{{Short description|Polish music publishing house}} The '''PWM Edition''' ({{langx|pl|Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne}}, abbreviated as '''PWM''') is a music publishing house based in Kraków, Poland.<ref>{{cite web|title=Contact details|url=http://www.pwm.com.pl/__skey__grp23__contact.html|publisher=Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne|accessdate=5 August 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521180317/http://www.pwm.com.pl/__skey__grp23__contact.html|url-status=dead|archivedate=21 May 2013}}</ref> It was founded in 1945<ref>{{cite web|title=Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne|url=http://www.polmic.pl/index.php?option=com_mwinstytucje&Itemid=18&id=148&view=wydawca&lang=en|work=Polish music information centre|accessdate=5 August 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306123851/http://www.polmic.pl/index.php?option=com_mwinstytucje&Itemid=18&id=148&view=wydawca&lang=en|url-status=live|archivedate=6 March 2014}}</ref> and was the only music publisher in Poland for several years.<ref>{{cite web|title=Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne|url=http://www.culture.pl/inne-instytucje/-/eo_event_asset_publisher/sh2A/content/polskie-wydawnictwo-muzyczne|publisher=culture.pl|accessdate=5 August 2013|author=Polish Music Information Centre, Polish Composers' Union|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021115948/http://www.culture.pl/inne-instytucje/-/eo_event_asset_publisher/sh2A/content/polskie-wydawnictwo-muzyczne|archivedate=21 October 2013|url-status=live|language=Polish|date=January 2002}}</ref> In 2012 it released the twelfth volume of ''Encyclopedia of Music'', edited by Elżbieta Dziębowska.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://krakow.gazeta.pl/krakow/1,35798,11190726,Encyklopedia__na_ktora_melomani_czekali_ponad_30_lat.html | title=Encyklopedia, na którą melomani czekali ponad 30 lat | work=gazeta.pl Krakow | accessdate=2 August 2013 | author=Handzlik, Tomasz | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303200117/http://krakow.gazeta.pl/krakow/1,35798,11190726,Encyklopedia__na_ktora_melomani_czekali_ponad_30_lat.html | archivedate=3 March 2014 | url-status=live | language=Polish}}</ref>

The PWM Edition publishes the complete works of Frédéric Chopin (Chopin National Edition), Mieczysław Karłowicz, Stanisław Moniuszko and Karol Szymanowski. The publisher also sells works by Grażyna Bacewicz, Tadeusz Baird, Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, Józef Elsner, Wojciech Kilar, Ignacy Jan Paderewski and Kazimierz Serocki in addition to traditional Polish music.<ref name="PWM/publishing house" /> It also publishes books, audiobooks, music guides and lexicons.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pik.org.pl/pl,Foreign_Rights,Polskie_Wydawnictwo_Muzyczne_SA_PWM_Edition.html | title=Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne SA – PWM Edition | publisher=Polska Izba Książki | accessdate=2 August 2013 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307105324/http://www.pik.org.pl/pl,Foreign_Rights,Polskie_Wydawnictwo_Muzyczne_SA_PWM_Edition.html | archivedate=7 March 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

The publisher's hire library in Warsaw lends items for performances and recordings to choirs, ensembles, orchestras and theatres.<ref name="PWM/publishing house">{{cite web | url=http://www.pwm.com.pl/publishing_house_history_management_contact_composers_pwm_mp.html | title=Publishing house | publisher=Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne SA | accessdate=2 August 2013 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219121458/http://www.pwm.com.pl/publishing_house_history_management_contact_composers_pwm_mp.html | url-status=dead | archivedate=19 December 2011}}</ref>

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== External links == * {{Official website|http://pwm.com.pl}} {{Authority control}} Category:Sheet music publishing companies Category:Music publishing companies Category:Publishing companies established in 1945 Category:Music organisations based in Poland