„Polski Rocznik Muzykologiczny” – Polish Musicological Yearbook – was initiated by Adolf Chybiński in 1935. However, only two volumes were then issued (the second one in 1936). After nearly 70 years, in 2004, the Musicological Section of the Polish Composers’ Union came back to that project and published the third issue, dedicated to two founders of Polish musicology: professors Zdzisław Jachimecki and Adolf Chybiński.

Now, the Polish Musicological Yearbook represent the whole spectrum of Polish scholars’ activity, including proceedings of musicological conferences organised yearly by the Polish Composers’ Union. It contans papers in two languages: Polish and English. 

Both the current volume and the past issues published since 2011 are available online at the Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY–SA 4.0) licence, and thanks to that they can be read as pdf files in the ALL ISSUES menu.


       


Since 2016, thanks to efficient co-operation with the PWM Edition (Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne) – the main and prestigious music publisher in Poland, apart from the internet version the Yearbook has gain its printed version too. Starting with 2016, all printed issues can be purchased in the internet bookshop of the PWM Edition.

        

In 2019, the homepage of the journal was launched, which was deeply rebuilt, upgraded and gained its new graphic design in 2023.  

In the end of 2020, the publisher of the title – Polish Composers’ Union – signed an agreement with Sciendo, specialising in distribution and promotion of scientific journals.

In 2022 the Polish Musicological Yearbook joined the Biblioteka Nauki (The Library of Science) platform, which is developed by the ICM UW – Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling at the University of Warsaw. At the beginning of 2024, our articles began to appear on the academic portal Academic Journals (https://academic-journals.eu).

Works on the portal in the years 2021–2023 were co-financed by the Minister of Education and Science as part of the two-year task ‘Modernisation and update of web portals of the Library of the Polish Composers’ Union' under the ‘Social responsibility of science – Support for scientific libraries 2021’ programme.

  

In 2024, we started implementing the project entitled: ‘Increasing the visibility of the Polish Musicological Yearbook in 2024–2025 on the national and international forum’, possible thanks to support under the ‘Journals’ government program.

The purpose of the proposal was to prepare electronic versions of two volumes (2023/21 and 2024/22) of the journal in a manner that meets the highest substantive and editorial standards. The “Polish Musicological Yearbook” is a bilingual journal, which means that in addition to articles in Polish—which constitute the vast majority and which we do not wish to discontinue—we also publish articles originally written in English. This is intended to increase the journal’s appeal on the international stage and facilitate its inclusion in international databases. To make this possible, Polish-language articles are accompanied by abstracts, keywords, and author biographies in both Polish and English. In the coming years, the abstracts will be expanded so that they can better represent the original Polish-language article in international databases. As part of the project, we aim to focus on activities that can increase the journal’s visibility, improve indexing, and boost citation metrics.

Date of contract signing: June 6, 2024.

Total cost of the project: 79,550.00; grant amount: 63,000.00.

From 2026 to 2028, thanks to support under the “Magazines” program, we are implementing the project “Openness and Integration: The Polish Musicological Yearbook for the Polish Music Community—Open-Access Online Publication of Three Volumes of the Journal.”

The project will result in the publication of three volumes, the standardization and professionalization of the publication process, the expansion of promotional efforts and improved visibility of the journal in the public sphere, as well as the deliberate cultivation of the journal’s image and relationships with its audience—both active (authors) and passive (readers).

Date of contract signing: May 29, 2026

Total cost of the project: 268,200.00; grant amount: 210,000.00.

Co-financed by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage of the Polish Republic from the means of the Culture Promotion Fund.

       



The Patron of the „Polski Rocznik Muzykologiczny” – Polish Musicological Yearbook is the Society of Authors ZAiKS.