Johann Sebastian Bach’s church cantatas hold a special place among composer’s works. Although they were primarily intended for use in the Lutheran church liturgy in order to deepen the understanding of readings from the Bible, they are at the same time masterpieces of highest artistic value. The cantatas, accompanying Bach throughout his artistic career, became a kaleidoscope of all the forms, techniques, motifs and musical means he employed. Forgotten after the composer’s death, the works were rediscovered in the 20th century. The first chapter of this work is devoted to the description of the cantatas and their performance history. The popularization of Bach’s cantatas was connected with both their inclusion in the concert repertoire and ...
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The knowledge of organ literature devoted to native composers leaves much to be desired. If they eve...
The enormous significance of the Bielany hermitage in the history of Polish art of the transition pe...
It is my profound conviction that it is better to write music which is “my own” than the one which i...
The Vespers attracted the interest of many church composers and were – apart from the Mass – the sec...
The Rev. E. Gruberski is one of the best known and highly valued reformers of Church music in the di...
In every music age there occurred a certain kind of modernity which brought about the development of...
The distinguished singer and conductor – René Jacobs – celebrates this year his 70th birthday. He ha...
The author’s reflections on the theology of sacred music in Orthodoxy commences with the fact that t...
The Vatican Post Office issued in 2014 two stamps in the series named “Europe” dedicated to the orga...
The study of Polish religious songs shows the literary and musical values of selected works and also...
The article aims to depict how studying adiastematic manuscripts can lead us notonly to the most fai...
An important role in developing the performance practice of liturgical monody was played by the alte...
With respect to another edition of The Church Song-book by the Rev. Jan Siedlecki, the article aims ...
Missa Claromontana is the last work of Marian Sawa. Perfectly adapted to the liturgy respects its si...
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