An architect by profession, a painter in his free time, and primarily known as a composer, songwriter and singer, Marek Grechuta (1945-2006) fully deserves to be called an artist with many faces. His musical landscape dazzles with colours of vocal voices and solo instruments. Sensitivity to the word and the subtle shading of musical and textual nuances are his other distinctive features. As a charismatic performer, he undoubtedly created his own artistic style, which combines specific musical features, unique performance and esoteric poetics. Due to the universality of his music, his songs are still cherished and willingly listened to by new generations.
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Z wykształcania architekt, malarz w chwilach wolnych, znany przede wszystkim jako kompozytor, autor tekstów i wykonawca piosenek, Marek Grechuta (1945-2006) w pełni zasługuje na miano artysty o wielu twarzach. Muzyczny krajobraz Grechuty mieni się paletą kolorów głosów wokalnych oraz instrumentalnych. Kolejne cechy jego warsztatu muzycznego to wyczulenia na słowo czy subtelne cieniowanie fakturami muzycznymi. Jako charyzmatyczny wykonawca Grechuta bez wątpienia stworzył własny styl artystyczny będący połączeniem specyficznych cech muzycznych, unikatowego performansu i ezoterycznych poezji. Za sprawą uniwersalności tej muzyki piosenki Grechuty wciąż zachwycają i nadal są chętnie słuchane przez kolejne pokolenia.
The phenomenon of Lorca’s poetry is connected, among others, with his fascina¬tion with Gypsy culture being on one hand a part and parcel of Andalusian identity, and on the other hand universal in its overall character. While referring to Gypsy folklore, and especially its musical component, Lorca managed to create his own, unique poetic idiom, becoming soon recognized as one of the world–known admirers of that ‘cursed race’. This, however, triggered certain problems already during his lifetime. In the article not only Lorca’s allusions to Gypsy mythology are presented as evident in his poetry, but also discussed is his own attitude to the Gypsy motif as well as its various interpretations by both his contemporaries and the posterity.
The article attempts to shed light on Liszt’s connections with so called Gypsy music, with particular emphasis on the sources and manifestations of the composer’s interest in the subject. The paper also shows the effects of Liszt’s thought on his academic successors. Liszt’s fascination with Gypsy music and culture is discussed by outlining his childhood memories as well as indicating numerous personal contacts he had with renowned Gypsy musicians. The author of the paper also links Liszt’s enchantment with Gypsy culture with his readiness to identify his travelling virtuoso status with that of a Gypsy-wanderer. Special attention in the article is put on Liszt’s book Des Bohemiens et de leur musique en Hongrie (1859). The author of the article claims that Liszt’s cosmopolitanism may be a key factor while explaining the composer’s predilection to Gypsy culture and music. While focusing on the reception of Liszt’s views on so called Gypsy music by the posterity Bartok’s interpretation of Liszt’s ideas is reminded. Discussed are also their repercussions in the second half of the twentieth century and early twenty first century.
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