Early Life: Łodź -- Student days: Warsaw and Paris -- Marriage and recognition -- War and resistance -- Compositions between performances -- Art versus realism -- Achievements and losses -- Distant travels and family matters -- A finale creative outpouring -- Chronology of life and work -- Selected Works.

"Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969) was a composer with an individual, expressive style. She was also an excellent violinist, a very fine pianist, and a talented author. This biographical story, based in large measure on letters and other family documents, has been brought to us first hand by the composer's grand-daughter, the writer Joanna Sendłak"-- Provided by publisher.