Konwersja narodowa Henryka Hubertusa Jabłońskiego – wybór, czy życiowa konieczność?
National Convertion of Henryk Hubertus Jabłoński – Choice or Vital Necessity?

Summary/Abstract: Henryk Hubertus Jablonski (1915–1989) is one of the most important figures of Gdansk’s postwarmusical life. The composer worked for the artists’ community in artistic and educational aswell as organizational terms. Jablonski’s music is extensively examined by the theoretical andmusicological research. But many questions are raised by the composer’s biography, especiallyduring the pre-war period and immediately after the war. The basic research problem on which thistext focuses is to determine under what circumstances and on what grounds the composer decidedto undergo a national conversion and to change his name from Helmut Degler to HenrykJablonski. For this purpose, the source materials of biographical character were analysed withina broader context of socio-political life of Gdansk between 1939 and 1948. As a result of the analysis,the composer’s decision is gaining a deep multidimensional meaning and is becoming a partof Gdansk citizens’ fate in the post-war period.

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