Wariacje na temat twórczości kabaretowej Juliana Tuwima
Variations on Julian Tuwim’s cabaret creations

Summary/Abstract: The essay is an interpretation of Tuwim’s cabaret song maintained in a street ballad style,Ostatnia dziewica, which was written for a Qui Pro Quo star Mira Zimińska. Ostatniadziewica is a parody of the folk song Za Ebru falą, one of the most popular compositionsof the 19th century. Tuwim’s work is a witty comment on a literary and social imageof spinsterhood. Although Tuwim considered his cabaret creation as a commercial andlowbrow product, he never abandoned the frivolous muse. Not only was this first “masspoet” the main author the Qui Pro Quo, he also provided songs, sketches and monologues(signed with one of his thirty three pseudonyms) to numerous variété theatres. He wasa co-founder of the Pikador literary cabaret and collaborated with cabarets Bi-Ba-Bo,Miraż, Czarny Kot, Sfinks, Perskie Oko, Banda, Cyganeria, Stara Banda and Cyrulik Warszawski.

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