Officium gratiarum actionis pro victoria ex turcis obtenta zachowane w antyfonarzach rodziny Piotrkowczyków (cz. II – melodie)
Officium gratiarum actionis pro victoria ex turcis obtenta anno 1621Retained in the Antiphonaries of the Piotrkowczyk Family (Part II – Melodies)

Summary/Abstract: The melodies were published in the last edition of the antiphonaries of the Piotrkowczyk family (1645). The author is unknown. The compositions (12 antiphons, 2 responsories, 1 hymn) are not stylistically uniform, which is not strange considering the fact that artists living in the Baroque period combined the heritage of the several centuries in which the liturgical singing of the Catholic Church had developed. They also remained under the influence of the achievements of polyphonic singing. In the collection of 15 melodies we can find elements of Gregorian chant, the neo-Gregorian style and the pseudo-Gregorian style. The entire collection is consistent with the aesthetics of the late Middle Ages and concludes the epoch of Polish monody to the Latin texts in proprium sanctorum.

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