Остробрамская литания Юзефа Дещинского – предроман­тическая предшественница литаний Станислава Монюшко
Gate of Dawn litany by Józef Deszczyński - pre­romantic predecessor of S. Moniuszko’s litanies

Summary/Abstract: Based on the reconstruction of the score, it is the first research to study the Gate of Dawn litany (Lithuanian: Aušros Vartai, Polish: Ostra Brama, Belarusian: Вострая Брама), the only remaining example of religious music by the composer, conductor and teacher Józef Deszczyński (1781–1844). This paper summarizes information about the life and work of J. Deszczyński - a native of Vilnius, who worked in the Haradzischa in Rechitsa Region for nearly 30 years, and addresses the questions of the attribution of the above­mentioned piece of music and the origin of its manuscript. The style of the litany is analysed taking into consideration its reference to pre­romanticism, a period characterized by transitivity and ambivalence as well as interaction of patterns of classicism, sentimentalism and early romanticism. The discovery of the Gate of Dawn litany has changed the understanding of litany development in the territory of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth as previously the four Gate of Dawn litanies by Moniuszko were considered the first examples of symphonic or orchestral type of the genre.

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