CHOPIN IN THE BERNARD'S POETRY (Chopin w poezji Bernarda)

• Authors: Orlowski Jan
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

In Russia Frederic Chopin is the most famous foreign composer. Lovers of his music included not only Russian misicians but also well known writers and poets like Tolstoy, Pasternak, Tsvetaeva, Balmont, Severanin and others. Undoubtedly Jan Bernard, born in Warsaw in 1937, author of collection of sonnets The Hearth of Frederic Chopin (2008) can be named as the graetest Chopin's admirer in contemporary Russian poetry. Contents of those sonnets depict life of the Polish composer – from childhood in Zelazowa Wola, school years in Warsaw, first artistic successes in the Polish capitol, through emigration, great fame on stages and in parlours of Paris, affairs with famous women (George Sand, Delfina Potocka and others), concerts in London and Scotland, to disease and death in Paris. In Bernard's sonnets Chopin appears as a genial and famous composer and pianist, enchanted by nature of his homeland and Polish folk music. At the same time he is a great patriot who misses his motherland and suffers her oppression. Those feelings were reflected in his immortal music.

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Slavia Orientalis
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 59
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 307-322
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Orlowski Jan

• Jan Orlowski, Uniwersytet Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie, Plac Marii Sklodowskiej-Curie 4 A, 20-031 Lublin, Poland

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CEJSH db identifier

10PLAAAA089417