Lietuviškoji Stanislawo Moniuszkos Gaida
The Lithuanian Spirit In The Works Of Stanislaw Moniuszko

Summary/Abstract: The object of the article is the creative work and other musical activity of the Polish composer Stanis³aw Moniuszko in Vilnius (1839–1858). In this respect Moniuszko is viewed as a participant in the Lithuanian cultural movement of the 19th century. Cross-national beginnings (Polish, Byelorussian, and Lithuanian) of his works, features showing his artistic orientation, and the civil position of the artist constitute a theme of musicology and cultural studies, the analysis of which allow spotting complex turns in the development of cultural and national identity in the Lithuanian cultural life of the 19th century. The article presents an analysis of Moniuszko’s creative work on Lithuanian theme and states its place in the composer’s biography. It is highlights the importance of these works in the development of Lithuania and Lithuanian musical art. It as well discusses inaccuracies in historiography when, despite historical facts, inadequate view on the quality of musical life in Vilnius and the importance of Vilnius period in the life of Moniuszko is given. The article as well discusses the risk of the complexes of centrist dogmaticism and peripheral inferiority in evaluating the creative work of the representatives of multicultural identity (like Moniuszko) and phenomena of musical culture in Lithuania of that period.

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