PWM Edition
The PWM Edition (Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, abbreviated as PWM) is a music publishing house based in Kraków, Poland. It was founded in 1945 and was the only music publisher in Poland for several years. In 2012 it released the twelfth volume of Encyclopedia of Music, edited by Elżbieta Dziębowska.
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PWM Edition
- Founded
- 1945
- Headquarters
- Kraków
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The PWM Edition (Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, abbreviated as PWM) is a music publishing house based in Kraków, Poland. It was founded in 1945 and was the only music publisher in Poland for several years. In 2012 it released the twelfth volume of Encyclopedia of Music, edited by Elżbieta Dziębowska.
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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, Maria Broel-Plater, Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, Józef Elsner, Wojciech Kilar, Ignacy Jan Paderewski and Kazimierz Serocki in addition to traditional Polish music. It also publishes books, audiobooks, music guides and lexicons. The publisher's hire library in Warsaw lends items for performances and recordings to choirs, ensembles, orchestras and theatres.
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1945
PWM Edition established.
1945
PWM Edition is recorded from 1945.
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- 1.Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne. Contact details.
- 2.Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne. Polish music information centre.
- 3.Polish Music Information Centre, Polish Composers' Union. Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne. culture.pl. January 2002.
- 4.Handzlik, Tomasz. Encyklopedia, na którą melomani czekali ponad 30 lat. gazeta.pl Krakow.
- 5.Polska Izba Książki. Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne SA – PWM Edition.
- 6.Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne SA. Publishing house.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.
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