Zapomniane pieśni solowe Jana Sztwiertni
Forgotten solo hymns by Jan Sztwiertnia

Summary/Abstract: Jan Sztwiertnia — a teacher, organist and composer, student of Konserwatorium Muzyczne in Katowice. After a composer concert in May 1939 he gained a grant for further music studies in Paris. The war crossed out these plans. Arrested and prisoned in a concentration camp in Gusen he died in August 1940, aged only 29. Despite a short career, he left many compositions. Among them a special attention should be paid to a folk opera "Sałasznica", a symphonic poem "Śpiący rycerze w Czantorii", "Stylizowane tańce śląskie", "Suita beskidzka", numerous chamber and vocal works. Among the works for voice with piano the ones known and performed are a series of three hymns written to the lyrics by L. Staff or a collection of "Pieśni nadolziańskie", being an interpretation of Cieszyn folk melodies. Young hymns from opus 2 "Na rozstanie" and "Nie wolno mi o Tobie śnić", as well as a composition to the poem by Tetmajer "Wykołysałem Cię" have been slightly forgotten.

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