Co nieco o publicystyce i społecznej aktywności Adolfa Dygacza
A little bit about the journalistic and social activity of Adolf Dygacz

Summary/Abstract: Adolf Dygacz, since 1947 had collaborated with “The Workers’ Tribune” – the organ of the Polish United Workers’ Party, one of the largest regional newspapers in Poland, which used to come out in Katowice during the period of 1945 to 2004. He wrote for the newspaper over 2000 reviews, reports, interviews and articles addressing various issues. The journalistic work of Dygacz places him among the greatest Polish music critics and publicists of the first half of the 20th century. Also the amateur music activity fell within the scope of his interests – since 1949 for several years as a music instructor he had been involved in the social activity of The Union of Silesian Singers’ Associations (now The Silesian Union of Choirs and Orchestras). The journalistic activity of Dygacz, in the same way as the chronicles, diaries and other documents concerning choirs and orchestras, is a valuable source of knowledge about the history of the Silesian musical life. What testifies to this is the bibliographic compilation comprising the texts written between June 1947 and the end of July 1949. They reveal a wide scope of intellectual capabilities of this great author, his excellent observation skills, ability to raise questions, not lacking in criticism capability for interpreting the described reality, and his treating music journalism as a mission carried out with passion and always having in mind the welfare of the society.

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