Book A Quarter Century of Music – Percival Schuttenbach | Zuzanna Topolińska

Author: Zuzanna Topolińska
Pages: 344
Language: Polish
Cover: soft
Publisher: apostrophe’

“A Quarter Century of Music” is a moving biography of the band Percival Schuttenbach (specifically, its first volume) – co-creators of the legendary Witcher sound.

A story of passion, stage fright, and the daily struggle from which true music is born. For fans of fantasy, folk metal, and authentic stories straight from the heart of the stage.

“A Quarter Century of Music” is not just a tale of sounds that gained fame in the fantasy world. It’s a true story – about passion, crises, and the everyday challenge of pushing one’s limits. Before their music echoed through one of the most iconic fantasy sagas of all time, it was just an idea – a whisper, a tremble, a string’s vibration, a trial.
Kasia and Mikołaj, the creators of the bands Percival Schuttenbach and Percival, take us on a journey through the early days of their musical path – from their first steps to stages that, for many, became more than just performance spaces.
This is a story about music that is not an escape, but a language, a ritual, and a means of survival. Their daily battles with stage fright, exhaustion, and doubt reveal that magic doesn’t come from inspiration alone, but from work, failure, and relentless persistence.
It’s a book about people who didn’t wait for a sign from above – they simply created, because they couldn’t do otherwise.
For fans of the Witcher universe and listeners who know that the truest sounds come straight from the heart.”