Między dziękczynieniem a błaganiem. Te Deum Romana Palestra, Te Deum Krzysztofa Pendereckiego
Between thanksgiving and begging. Te Deum by Roman Palester and Te Deum by Krzysztof Penderecki

Author(s): Kinga Kiwała
Subject(s): Music
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: The subject-matter of this article constitutes an interpretation of a verbal-musical relationof two hymns of praise Te Deum laudamus by Roman Palester and Krzysztof Penderecki. Bothcompositions are dedicated to John Paul II the Pope. The analysis of the works in question ispreceded by an introduction presenting their origin and biographical context. A separatepart was devoted to a liturgical text of the hymn: its history, content and structure. An analyticalpart shows how and to what an extent the structure of a verbal text determines theform of the works under discussion on the one hand, and which elements of the hymn contentsignificantly influence the shape of their musical layer on the other. Also, the phenomenonof the adherence of both works to the tradition of Italian religious music was dealt with,as well as the problem of “tension” between tradition and modernity which characterise bothcompositions, though in a different way, resulting from differences in attitudes expressed byRoman Palester and Krzysztof Penderecki.

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