CONCERTS OF SWISS CHOIRE “MOTET ET MADRIGAL” IN POLAND IN 1923 IN VIEW OF PRESS PUBLICATIONS

National values were the particularly exposed element of Polish music of interwar period. It clearly fited into the model of state education which was strongly promoted those days. National problem remains in the circle of keen interest in music criticism. Polish music of the Renaissance tried to present it as a discipline that was comparable to European music in terms of values. An image of Poland was formed as of a country with a rich and old cultural tradition. This thesis was willingly used by the politicians which is confirmed by music related critical articles concerning performances of Swiss chamber choire “Motet et Madrigal” in Poland in April of 1923. Choire was founded by the eminent Polish composer and conductor Henryk Opieński. This article is an attempt to analyze reviews, which appeared in the press during the tour of the ensamble. Those reviews were published by the newspapers of Cracow, Warsaw, Poznań, Łódź and Bydgoszcz and have been analyzed by the author in terms of their musical as well as political references