Kwestia Jana Wanca, rzekomego najstarszego polskiego organmistrza, na tle dziejów kultury organowej miasta Kęty
The Case of Jan Wanc, Purportedly Poland’s Earliest Organ Builder, in the Context of Organ Culture in the Town of Kęty

Summary/Abstract: This article sets out to collect and analyse sources concerning the history of organ culture in Kęty. The authors also subject to critical scrutiny an entry in the parish chronicle: a copy of a note found inside the parish-church organ in 1852. They challenge the view, firmly entrenched in the literature, that the organ built by Jan Wanc of Żywiec had stood in Kęty since 1381. The article also brings to light previously unknown evidence concerning the organs, organists, and organ builders of this town in the Soła River valley.

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