Jan Sztwiertnia (1911–1940) Człowiek i dzieło w setną rocznicę urodzin
Jan Sztwiertnia (1911–1940) Man and work on the centenary of his birthday

Contributor(s): Hubert Miśka (Editor)
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Jan Sztwiertnia
Summary/Abstract: The work is devoted to life and works by Jan Sztwiertnia (1911–1940), a composer,organist, conductor and teacher from Wisła. The very artist died at the age of 29 in theconcentration camp in Gusen, being at the edge of his career and having a composerscholarship by famous musicians in Paris for granted. An artistic value of his works washighly valued many a time not only in a regional dimension. The centenary of his birthdayin 2011 has become a pretext to organize many concerts, exhibitions and meetings.Also the publication in question is anniversary in nature as its aim is to recall the personof the musician slightly forgotten these days. The research on his life and artistic activityhave been conducted for several years in the Institute of Music at the University of Silesiain Cieszyn. The authors of particular articles in this book are people popularizing thecomposer’s works through their activity, making attempts to ascribe a fixed place in thehistory of the Polish music culture to him.

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