Between early and modern Polish music (module 3)

Basic knowledge of the history of polish 19th century music.

Classroom

The classes are devoted to Polish music of the nineteenth century and Polish artists who contributed to both Polish culture and the culture of other nations.

The leitmotif of the course will be the work of outstanding Polish artists, performers and composers who, during the partitions, operated in various European countries and promoted Polish art. The genres and ideological threads characteristic of Polish music, taken from Polish literature, philosophy, and social life, and representing the national topos, play an important role in their output. The works of Józef Kozłowski, Antoni and Apolinary Kątski, Henryk and Józef Wieniawski, Wiktor Każyński, Teodor Leszetycki, Emil Młynarski, Henryk Pachulski, Feliks Blumenfeld, Witold Maliszewski and others will be discussed and presented. These issues will be presented against the background of a broader panorama of musical creativity in the Romantic era.

E. Chamczyk, Podbijając muzyczne centrum Europy: paryska dekada Apolinarego Kątskiego (1838-1848), „Muzyka” nr 4 (2018), s. 65-87.

Z. Chechlińska, Historia Muzyki Polskiej, t. V, cz. 1: Romantyzm 1795 – 1850, Warszawa 2013

H. Dorabialska, Polonez przed Chopinem, Warszawa 1938.

S. Dybowski, Słownik pianistów polskich, Warszawa 2003.

J. Mechanisz, Młynarski, Suwałki 1994.

I. Poniatowska, Romantyzm, cz. 2A: Twórczość muzyczna w drugiej połowie XIX wieku, Warszawa 2010

J. W. Reiss, Muzyka i muzycy polscy: Statkowski – Melcer – Młynarski – Stojowski, Łódź 1949.

R. Suchowiejko, Henryk Wieniawski: kompozytor na tle wirtuozowskiej tradycji skrzypcowej XIX wieku, Poznań 2005.

E. Szczepańska-Lange, Emil Młynarski życie i działalność w Warszawie i Wielkiej Brytanii do 1916 roku, Warszawa 2013.

S. Świerzewski, J. I. Kraszewski i polskie życie muzyczne XIX wieku, Kraków 1963.

The reading list will be supplemented during the course.

Classes carried out in the form of a seminar are not only to familiarize students with important phenomena of Polish musical culture of the nineteenth century, but also to encourage them to undertake future research on filling the still numerous blank spots in its history and animating undertakings aimed at its popularization.

- presence;

- active participation in the classes, including preparation of a short paper based on the indicated literature on the subject;

- final test.

In the case of a greater number of absences, an additional paper is required (minimum 4 standard pages, footnotes and bibliography).

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