Mazowsze Choral Ensemble – Folk Songs of Poland album art
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This album with Polish folk songs was recorded by the Mazowsze Choral Ensemble and Orchestra and released on Vanguard Records in 1958. From Discogs:
Mazowsze (in Polish “Państwowy Zespół Ludowy Pieśni i Tańca ‘Mazowsze’” – “State Folk Group of Song and Dance ‘Mazowsze’”) is a famous Polish folk ensemble founded in November 1948, named after the Mazowsze region of Poland.
Under the leadership of Professor Tadeusz Sygietyński, their first public performance was in 1950. After his death in 1955, his wife, Mira Zimińska-Sygietyńska, took over leadership duties – a position she held until her own death in 1997.
The typeface used for the title is Weiss, used with alternating glyph colors. It’s combined with Weiß-Initialen II. The cover photography is credited to Ray Solowinski and Jules Halfant. Halfant – the art director of Vanguard – probably was in charge of the typography, too.
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