Inspiracje folklorem w twórczości Jana Gawlasa : charakterystyka wybranych utworów

Abstract

The following paper is devoted to Jan Gawlas – an instrumentalist, teacher, social activist, and, first and foremost, a composer. The author focuses on his artistic achievements inspired by folklore. Tracing his sources of interest with this sphere of music, she points to the composer’s multi-aspectual links with the Cieszyn region (mainly) and Upper Silesia. She analysed selected pieces of music written for an a cappella mixed choir in terms of their melodic-rhythmic, harmonic and textual structure. She identified folk sources and showed the extent to which the artist drew on these while developing his own composing technique. Finally, she compiled and summed up his vocal and vocalinstrumental works based on folklore.