https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2019-028
In the presented article, the author discusses ten songs of the collection "Pieśni Marjańskie w układzie na chór mieszany lub na jeden głos z towarzyszeniem organów" ["Marian Hymns for a Mixed Choir or One Voice to the Accompaniment of Pipe Organs"] op. 80 set to music by the Polish composer Otton Mieczysław Żukowski (1867–1942), who composed to the poetic texts of authors contemporary to him. In terms of semantic meaning the songs provided essential teaching on the truths of faith regarding the Mother of God. In these songs Mary is called the "Mother of God", "Virgin", "Immaculate" and even "Assumed into Heaven", although the announcement of the latter dogma took place only in 1950. In the lyrics of the songs Mary is also referred to as the "Queen" of the suffering Poles, who were deprived of their homeland and continuously fighting for their independence. The great victories of the Polish army, which would not have taken place without the protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary, are also mentioned in these songs. These texts, later described by the music of Otton Mieczysław Żukowski, with a carefully shaped melody line, were undoubtedly performed during services in May and on the celebration of Our Lady of Herbs Day (15th August). The discussed works thus become a meaningful testimony to the symbiosis of faith and culture.
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