Disharmony Between the Poem and the Text of the Song in Marek Grechuta’s Creation of Landscape of Hope Cover Image

Dysharmonia pomiędzy wierszem a tekstem piosenki na przykładzie twórczości Marka Grechuty w Krajobrazie pełnym nadziei
Disharmony Between the Poem and the Text of the Song in Marek Grechuta’s Creation of Landscape of Hope

Author(s): Barbara Piotrowska
Subject(s): Music, Polish Literature
Published by: Komisja Nauk Filologicznych Oddziału Polskiej Akademii Nauk we Wrocławiu
Keywords: song studies; Grechuta; singer; sung poetry;

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, the author outlines the cultural and social context of Grechuta’s work, and answers the question: why research a song as a literary genre? Attention is drawn to the inequalities between certain concepts in the Polish language: song, poet, songwriter, singer and song lyrics, which is the main topic of interest in this article. The author analyzes Marek Grechuta’s book of poetry and a music album of the same title, Landscape of Hope. The author describes the role of music in the lyrics of the song. In the article, she uses a literary tool as well as elements from the theory of music and the analysis of a musical work – giving the research an interdisciplinary character. In the conclusion, she emphasizes that it is as worthwhile to focus on researching song in Poland as it is to research poetry.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 153-161
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish
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