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Muzyczna interpretacja poezji w liryce wokalnej Karola Szymanowskiego
(Towarzystwo Doktorantów UJ, 2013) Karska, Kinga; Uniwersytet Jagielloński
For his whole life Karol Szymanowski wrote in total 120 songs of different genres, for voice and piano as well as for voice and orchestra, both songs within cycles that constitute musical and dramatic entities and single pieces of music. In his work there can be discerned three distinctive periods. The article presents them in view of two scholars, Zofia Helman and Mieczysław Tomaszewski. The former employs the criterion of artistic maturity, describing the three creative periods in Szymanowski’s work as, consecutively, use of existing stylistic norms, creation of own original harmonic-tonal language and turn to objectivity of expression. The latter puts emphasis on the composer’s fascinations and sources of artistic inspiration, analysing the three periods as initial „modernist” (fascination with the West and North of Europe), middle „Mediterranean” (fascination with Orient and the South of Europe) and final „Polish/national” characterized by fascination with Szymanowski’s native folklore, especially from the Kurpie and Podhale regions.
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Wielki mistrz i jego ideowy uczeń. Karol Szymanowski oczami Romana Palestra
(Towarzystwo Doktorantów UJ, 2013) Owsikowska, Anna; Uniwersytet Jagielloński
Roman Palester, acclaimed as the successor of Szymanowski less than ten years after the latter’s death, tried to continue the legacy of his mentor and personal acquaintance in the field of development of Polish music. Forced to emigrate by the circumstances following his conflict with the authorities of the People’s Republic of Poland, as the head of Polish culture department in Radio Free Europe for twenty years (1952– 1972) prepared and presented cultural programs, among them series Muzyka obala granice (Music abolishes the frontiers) in which he polemised with the principles of Socialist Realism. Despite the fact that in later phases of his composing career Palester abandoned the influence of Szymanowski to embrace modern techniques such as dodecaphony, aleatorism and sonorism, he never denied it.
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Karol Szymanowski: przeżywanie Tatr
(Towarzystwo Doktorantów UJ, 2013) Michałkiewicz, Katarzyna; Uniwersytet Jagielloński
Although poor health condition (badly treated childhood leg injury and progressing tuberculosis) prevented Szymanowski from wandering or skiing in the Tatra Mountains, he nevertheless gained a profound knowledge of the culture of Podhale region thanks to his long residence in Zakopane and friendship with many local highlander families which provided him with numerous opportunities to observe both the everyday life of the locals and their festivities. In addition to that, he was an avid reader of contemporary literature devoted to the Tatra Mountains and their inhabitants and made many excursions in the parts of Podhale accessible by cart or sledge. All of this had a significant influence on his work, especially on the Harnasie ballet which constitutes a tribute to the Polish highlander culture and their artistic spirit.
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Polscy poeci o Karolu Szymanowskim i jego muzyce
(Towarzystwo Doktorantów UJ, 2013) Ligęza, Wojciech; Uniwersytet Jagielloński
This paper presents a reflection upon the image of Karol Szymanowski in works of Polish poets, based mainly on the corpus of texts collected in the anthology Wiersze o Szymanowskim (Poems about Szymanowski), including poems from 1929 to 1985, the greatest part of which constitute poetic epitaphs and commemorations. Rules applying to poetic portrayal of historical figures from the world of art are concisely laid out. In case of Szymanowski, the image of his biography and musical output expressed in poetry constitutes only a part of literary testimony that comprises mainly numerous works of various genres by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz and novels by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz and is supplemented profusely by contemporary memoirs and diaries as well as writings of musicians, musicologists and musical critics, studying Szymanowski’s art of composition.