Pieśni Mieczysława Karłowicza do słów Kazimierza Przerwy-Tetmajera w świetle poglądów XIX-wiecznych teoretyków muzyki na muzyczność języka polskiego
Streszczenie
The first part of the article is devoted to the analysis of the 19th-century Polish music
theory whose main focus was to study the relationship between text and music in vocal
composition, especially from the perspective of the music features of the language and
poetic works. Among analysed authors the central place is occupied by two discourses
of Józef Eisner, and also the writings of Karol Kurpiński, Jan Jarmusiewicz, Franciszek
Mirecki, Józef Sikorski and Władysław Wiślicki. Their goals are threefold: to define the
musical characteristics of Polish language, to demonstrate the metrical possibilities of
Polish poetry and to establish rules for proper linking text with music. The most important
criteria for the proper construction of the vocal work compiled on this basis are
included in the second part of the article. They are then used to the analysis of 10 songs
of Mieczysław Karłowicz (based on the poetry of Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer). This
allows to see some regularity, both in the application of the rules and derogations from
them, proving the suitability of this research method and shedding new light on creative
process of Karłowicz and Tetmajer.