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THE LIFE AND WORKS OF WLADYSLAW ZELENSKI IN THE LIGHT OF EPISTOLARY SOURCES (Zycie i twórczosc Wladyslawa Zelenskiego w swietle zródel epistolarnych)

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Zieziula G.

Muzyka

2008

vol. 53

issue 4(211)

94-104

The life and works of Wladyslaw Zelenski (1837-1921), a composer regarded as one of the outstanding opera composers active at the turn of the century, constitute one of the most neglected areas of research into Polish musical culture of that period. There thus seems to exist an urgent need for a new, exhaustive monograph about this composer. This is confirmed by the collections of manuscripts, previously insufficiently appreciated (PL-Wznio 4397/I, PL-Wznio 6414/I) or totally unknown in the literature of the subject (PL-Kj Przyb. 175/63, PL-Kj Przyb. 176/63, PL-Kj Przyb. 177/63) which include epistolary sources (these latter also contain documents and Zelenski's personal papers, including his Catholic baptism certificate, with the names 'Vladislaus Marianus Nicolaus'). Polish musicologists also need to examine closely the letters of Zelenski's first wife, the writer Wanda Zelenska née Grabowska (1841-1904), who actively promoted her husband's works (such as PL-Wznio 4805/I, PL-Wznio 6414/I). The article indirectly makes the case for a critical edition and publication of Zelenski's extant correspondence in full. Such an edition would need to be preceded by a thorough search not only in the Polish, but also European (and American) libraries and archives. Zelenski's letters are to be found in a variety of locations, such as the archives in Ukraine (UA-Lvs 6819/III), Lithuania (Vilnius, Lietuvos Literaturos ir Meno Archyvas, F.50.1.133), Germany (D-Bim-Doc.orig.Ladislaus Zelenski 1) and the United States (the collection of the Polish Music Center at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles). This material opens up new research perspectives. Firstly, it provides the possiblity of correcting and filling in the gaps in the chronology of the composer's development (demonstrated in the article by the example of his operatic works). Secondly, it provides an opportunity for discovering new, unknown, or little known facts (such as the composer's unsuccessful attempts, discussed in the article, to have the world premiére of his opera 'Goplana' staged in Prague and in Vienna). Thirdly, it should allow one to capture Zelenski's true creative temperament and psychological profile.

THE BACKGROUND TO THE 'BRILLIANT SUCCESS' BEFORE THE FAILURE OF 'TANNHÄUSER': 'PIERRE DE MÉDICIS' BY JÓZEF PONIATOWSKI ON THE STAGE OF THE PARIS OPERA (1860) (Polish Title - below)

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Zieziula G.

Muzyka

2009

vol. 54

issue 2(213)

73-101

(Ttle in POlish - 'Kulisy 'blyskotliwego zwyciestwa' w przededniu kleski 'Tannhausera': 'Pierre de Medicis' Józefa Poniatowskiego na scenie paryskiej Opery (1860)'). The prince Joseph Michal Poniatowski (1816-1873), as well as being an imperial senator of the Second Empire, was one of the well-known figures in Parisian musical life of his day. 'Pierre de Médicis' (1860), Poniatowski's opera in four acts premiered on the stage of the Paris Opera a year before the failure of Wagner's Tannhäuser, takes a particular position in his forgotten French operatic output recently rediscovered by Prof. Matthias Brzoska. The paper sheds light on the archival sources that clear up some unknown circumstances preceding and accompanying the premiere of that operatic work, and draws the picture of its ambiguous reception in the contemporary Parisian press. This case study shows how the Parisian 'operatic machine' had been working during the Second Empire, and eventually allows us to question some of Brzoska's statements; among other things his suggestion that Poniatowski's music was appreciated by Hector Berlioz (Berlioz's correspondence published in our times tells us that this praise was enforced and totally insincere)

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THE LIFE AND WORKS OF WLADYSLAW ZELENSKI IN THE LIGHT OF EPISTOLARY SOURCES (Zycie i twórczosc Wladyslawa Zelenskiego w swietle zródel epistolarnych)

THE BACKGROUND TO THE 'BRILLIANT SUCCESS' BEFORE THE FAILURE OF 'TANNHÄUSER': 'PIERRE DE MÉDICIS' BY JÓZEF PONIATOWSKI ON THE STAGE OF THE PARIS OPERA (1860) (Polish Title - below)