The Connections between Music Culture and Film Culture
The Connections between Music Culture and Film Culture

Summary/Abstract: The subject of reflection is the place and function of music in film, considering the political factors that determined the situation in Polish culture after World War II. In her historical outline, the author distinguishes three periods. The first is 1945-1949, when, after years of occupation, artists sought to regain contact with the broader audience, with theatre and film playing a significant role in the process. This tendency was in line with the political postulate of art for the masses, but relative formal freedom was preserved. The second period spans the years 1950-1954, when the implementation of the doctrine of socialist realism began, announced at the Conference of Composers and Music Critics in Łagów Lubuski in August 1949. In practice, this meant a return to the musical traditions of the 19th century, with particular emphasis on folkloric inspirations, also reflected in film music. The last part of the article concerns the period 1955-1964: a time of relative artistic freedom and a return to experimental and modern music, associated, among other things, with the development and improvement of recording techniques. (Non-reviewed material; originally published in Kwartalnik Filmowy 1964, no. 53-54, pp. 72-85).

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