Glosy do badań moniuszkowskich
Commentaries on Moniuszko Research

Summary/Abstract: This article consists of three commentaries. The first concerns the recognition of Stanisław Moniuszko’s Litanies of Ostra Brama as “votive music”. These Litanies meet the criteria of having, amongst other things, a title to the piece, the intentions of the composer, a liturgical function and a symbolical votive attribute, namely the introduction of a new invocation titled Sancta Mater, which undoubtedly refers to the Mother of Mercy of Ostra Brama, to the text of the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Another commentary draws attention to the parody contained in the narrative poem Beniowski by Juliusz Słowacki, taken from the text of the poem Do Ciebie, Panie/To You, Lord by Jozef Bohdan Zaleski. The author discusses Moniuszko’s religious solo song, which was specially composed for this text. The article ends with a short commentary related to current research on Moniuszko and the basis for further research.

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