Krótka nauka śpiewu z nut kościelnych o. Tadeusza Filka OFM (Lwów 1887) w kontekście tradycji nauczania śpiewu chorałowego na ziemiach polskich
A short lecture of singing from the church notes by father Tadeusz Filek OFM (Lviv 1887) in the context of the tradition of teaching Gregorian chant on the territory of Poland

Summary/Abstract: The manuscript and printed sources found during the archival researches indicate that the Gregorian chant on the territory of Poland in the 19th century was taught and performed without any break. One of the preserved testimonies of this continuity is a small manuscript manual found in the archive of the convent of sisters Bernardines in Kraków, A short lec- ture of singing from the church notes, written in Lviv in 1887 by a Bernardine friar, father Tadeusz Filek. The manual contains basic information’s on the keys, types of notes and pauses, church modes, manner of performing Gregorian melodies, and determining Tonic, Finalis and Dominant, as well as the musical scales. The author inserted there also psalm tones, intonations of the Magnificat canticle and the responsories Deo gratias. As regards the content and the method of explaining various issues, it does not differ essentially form the other known manuals from previous centuries dedicated to the monastic novices. Only the language was modernized and the definitions modified to respond to the theory of music at that time, which confirms the sustainability of the tradition of Gregorian chant on the territory of Poland.

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