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SOUVENIRS OF ThE

LUTOSŁAWSKI YEAR

Producer:
Adam mickiewicz institute

in wriTing his scores LuTosłAwski used A PenciL,
erAsing noTes everY now And Then And LeAving
erAser crusTs on The mAnuscriPTs, which he Then
removed wiTh A brush.

This wooden box was a
surprising promotional gift
for the Lutosławski Year
celebrations. Many of the
recipients were openly

touched, saying it was a
very apt reference to the
composer’s personality and
the way he worked.

photo: iaM

“The Poles (and by Poles i mean the photograph that shows him at his work-
admirable Adam mickiewicz institute desk with a comparable dust-pan brush
which is like our british council but beside him. ... apparently he wrote his
more imaginative) have come up the scores in pencil, rubbing out from time
most charmingly useless music-related to time and leaving specks of rubber on
gift i’ve ever seen. ... it’s a small wooden the manuscript. ... The brush was there to
box, beautifully made, embellished with sweep them off,” wrote michael white in
the Lutosławski signature, containing The Telegraph.
a small wooden brush (of the kind that, if
it were bigger, would go with a dustpan), T-shirts with a picture of Lutosławski on
and a rubber-tipped pencil. by way them, designed by marcin łagocki, were
of explanation it comes with a Luto also hugely popular.

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