Handbook of Organ Music: (Article Poland and Felix Nowowiejski)
Dr. Irmlind Capelle, Dr. Rudolf Innig
Felix Nowowiejski was well known in Europe as a composer, organist and conductor in the first half of the 20th century. His extensive work encompasses all musical genres of his time, with vocal works (operas, oratorios, cantatas, masses, solo songs) forming a focus. He also composed numerous symphonic works (symphonies, overtures, symphonic poems), chamber music, piano and organ music. In particular, his early oratorio Quo vadis op. 13 (1905–1909), based on the novel by the Polish Nobel Prize winner for literature Henryk Sienkiewicz, established his international recognition as a composer with over 200 performances worldwide....
Nevertheless, the artificial division of Europe by the "Iron Curtain", which lasted for almost half a century, meant that Felix Nowowiejski's compositions are now almost unknown outside Poland. This is also due to the fact that publications about the "Chopin of the organ", such as the extensive biography by Jan Böhm (1985), have appeared almost exclusively in Polish. Above all, however, most of Felix Nowowiejski's works, including his organ works, are still not available in internationally accessible, historical-critical editions....