https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2022-010
This article is the first attempt to describe a fragment of the musical work that remains in the shadow of the oblivion of the Polish composer, Fr. Jan Żukowski (1870–1911). After he was ordained priest, Fr. Jan worked in the pastoral ministry, in the bishop’s curia and lectured at the University of Lviv. At the same time, he was a composer. A small musical legacy has been preserved, consisting of two masses and four religious songs. In this article, the author describes the masses. One of them was created for the liturgical Latin text, and the other for the text in Polish, the author of which is also Fr. Jan.
These compositions, small in size, testify to the extraordinary musical talent of Fr. John and patriotism brought from the family home, in order to create religious songs in Polish in the difficult times of the Austrian partition and the ubiquitous Germanization, and thus strengthen the sense of national identity among others.
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