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Współczesna polska muzyka teatralna
Music in Contemporary Polish Dramatic Theatre

Author(s): Magdalena Figzał
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: theatre music; musical citation; Polish dramatic theatre

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to describe the function of music in contemporary Polish dramatic theatre. The author of the text refers to the art of Polish theatre directors and composers in order to show that music in dramatic theatre is not only an illustration or a signal. The article analyses the compositions that were written for particular performances, as well as borrowed compositions which are musical citations.

  • Issue Year: 8/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 95-109
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish