A song to the Holy Virgin Mary of Podkamień Najświętsza niebios i ziemi królowa
[The Holiest Queen of Heaven and Earth] by Stanisław Ledóchowski, printed
as Inscriptiones Sancti Montis Sacratissimi Rosarii (Lviv 1724) Cover Image
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Pieśń do Matki Boskiej w Podkamieniu „Najświętsza niebios i ziemi królowa” Stanisława Ledóchowskiego w druku „Inscriptiones Sancti Montis Sacratissimi Rosarii” (Lwów 1724)
A song to the Holy Virgin Mary of Podkamień Najświętsza niebios i ziemi królowa [The Holiest Queen of Heaven and Earth] by Stanisław Ledóchowski, printed as Inscriptiones Sancti Montis Sacratissimi Rosarii (Lviv 1724)

Author(s): Oksana Shkurgan
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Stanisław Ledóchowski; religious music; eighteenth-century music

Summary/Abstract: The two copies of the print 'Inscriptiones Sancti Montis Sacratissimi Rosarii' (Lviv 1724) preserved in Polish collections have made it possible to confirm the authorship of Stanisław Ledóchowski of the Szaława coat of arms (around 1666–1725), Marshall General of the Tarnogród Confederation, Voivode of Volhynia (since 26 March 1724), with respect to a song dedicated to the Holy Virgin Mary of Podkamień, titled 'Najświętsza niebios i ziemi królowa' [The Holiest Queen of Heaven and Earth]. The text (consisting of 11 stanzas), preserved ina source printed in Lviv, was supposed to be sung to the melody of the Marian song 'Bądź pozdrowiona Panienko Marya' [Hail, Holy Virgin]. A quarter of a century later, the text of the song discussed here, dedicated to the Holy Virgin Mary of Podkamień, was published anonymously in an edition titled 'Pieśni o Nayświętszey Maryi Pannie' [Songs about the Holy Virgin Mary] (Lviv 1752). In this edition, one of the six songs performed in worship of theeffigy of the Holy Virgin Mary in Podkamień, crowned in the local Dominican convent on15 August 1727, was also the song XXX of anonymous authorship, which is attributed toLedóchowski in the literature on the subject. The problem of the authorship of this Ukrainiansong calls for further research.

  • Issue Year: 62/2017
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 111-118
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish