Napłakać się z Chopinem. Stefana Witwickiego śpiew przez łzy

• Authors: Małgorzata Łoboz

Title variants

EN

Crying with Chopin. The sorrowful songs of Stefan Witwicki

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article focuses on the artistic collaboration of the Romantic poet Stefan Witwicki with Frederic Chopin. Chopin’s compositions called Polish Songs  (op.74) are the most noteworthy example of the correspondence of music and literature in Polish Romanticism. The first seven songs inspired by Witwicki’s lyrics were created between 1828 and 1831 (the composer, however, had never played them during his concerts). The fact that Chopin’s songs combine both the sentimental and the insurgent tradition is essential for the understanding of the compositions. The interpretation of the selected poems of Witwicki shows that one can distinguish at least three types of nostalgia present in his works. They are as follows: nostalgic love, the nostalgic feeling connected with the collapse of the November Uprising and nostalgia caused by parting with family. It was observed that  Chopin and Witwicki easily succumbed to the feeling of nostalgia. Witwicki dedicated his Pastoral Songs to Chopin in 1830 and the composer began to write music for ten of Witwicki’s songs. His first composition was called The Wish. After leaving Warsaw, Chopin continued his work and composed A Fickle Maid, The Messenger, The Warrior, Drinking Song, Witchcraft. Other songs such as Troubled Waters, The Bridesgroom Return, The Ring, and Spring were written in Paris in the years 1838 – 1840. Witwicki’s death in 1847 came as a great shock for Chopin, he often complained about his loneliness. The close relationship of Chopin and Witwicki manifested itself not only in their artistic collaboration but also in their private lives.

Keywords

PL

Stefan Witwicki; Fryderyk Chopin; pieśń; romantyzm w muzyce; muzyczność literatury

EN

Stefan Witwicki; Fryderyk Chopin; song; the Romantic trend in music; musicality in literature

• Publisher: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Prace Filologiczne. Literaturoznawstwo
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 7(10)
• Pages: 363-379

Dates

published

2017-06-01

Contributors

author

Małgorzata Łoboz

• Uniwersytet Wrocławski

Identifiers

DOI

10.32798/pflit.98