O kontrowersjach wokół „restauracji” organów w Leżajsku dokonanej przez Aleksandra Żebrowskiego
On the Controversies Surrounding the “Restoration” of the Organ in Leżajsk Carried Out by Aleksander Żebrowski

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the contents of the contract for the restoration of the Baroque organ in the basilica in Leżajsk, concluded in 1903 between the authorities of the local Bernardine monastery and Aleksander Żebrowski, a distinguished organ builder from Lviv. The original document is preserved in the Archives of the Bernardine Monastery in Kraków. The author analyzes all the clauses of the contract, which describe the organization of the work, deadlines, and remuneration, although the technical aspects of the restoration receive the least attention. The extent of the alterations introduced by A. Żebrowski continues to arouse much controversy to this day. The author cites the most important opinions of Polish organologists from the years 1927-2024 and calls for the publication of all source materials concerning this restoration, which has been the subject of divergent assessments.

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