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Heirs of Chopin's traditions

Гудимова С.А.

Abstract

In Poland, only two composers are considered to be the true successors of Chopin’s traditions, which «raised the national to universal», – Karol Szymanowski and Henryk Mikołaj Gurecki. The article discusses the creative evolution and aesthetic views of Szymanowski and the evaluation of Guretsky's music by Polish critics.

Keywords

chopin traditions; traditionalism and creativity; false art; the «weed» of popular music; music and universal values; folklore of Podhalya. «The most independent talent»; «otherness» of Guretsky’s work; «Symphony of sorrowful songs».

DOI: 10.31249/hoc/2020.02.04

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