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Culture of Poland

Periods

Middle Ages Renaissance Baroque Enlightenment Romanticism Positivism Young Poland Interbellum World War II Socialist realism Modern Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (800x609, 94 KB) ÄŒesky | Deutsch | English | Ελληνικά | Español | فارسی | Français | עברית | Indonesian | Italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | Magyar | Nederlands | Polski | Português | RomânÇŽ | Русский | Slovenščina | Српски | Sunda | 简体中文 | 正體中文 | Türkçe | Русский | Українська +/- File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other... The Culture of Poland is closely connected with its intricate 1000 years of history. ... The culture of medieval Poland is closely intertwined with the activities of the Catholic Church in Poland, especially during the first centuries of the Polish states history. ... Jan Kochanowski, a leading poet and writer of Polish Renaissance, and one of the most eminent Slavic poets. ... Polish baroque started in the late 16th century. ... The ideas of the Age of Enlightenment in Poland were developed later then in the Western Europe, as Polish bourgeoisie was weaker, and szlachta (nobility) culture (Sarmatism) together with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth political system (Golden Freedoms) were in deep crisis. ... Romanticism in Poland was eventually followed with the period known as positivism in Poland. ... For other meanings of positivism, see Positivism. ... Young Poland (Polish Młoda Polska) is a modernist period in Polish art, literature and music, covering roughly the years between 1890 and 1918. ... Socialist realism in Poland (or socrealizm) was introduced to Peoples Republic of Poland in force by Deputy Minister (later, Minister of Art and Culture) WÅ‚odzimierz Sokorski in 1949. ...

Arts

Literature Music Theater Polish literature is the literary tradition of Poland. ... Artists from Poland, including famous composers like Chopin or Penderecki and traditional, regionalized folk musicians, create a lively and diverse music scene, which even recognizes its own music genres, such as poezja śpiewana and disco polo. ... The great strength of Polish dramatic theatre is the high quality of its actors. ...

Artists

Authors Composers Painters Poets List of Polish language authors This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... This is an alphabetical listing of Polish painters. ... Poets who have written much of their poetry in the Polish language. ...

This is a list of notable and representative Polish composers. A composer is a person who writes music. ...

Middle Ages

• Wincenty z Kielczy (before 1200-ca. 1261)
• Mikołaj z Ostroroga (15th Century)
• Mikołaj z Radomia (15th Century)
• Piotr z Grudziądza (ca. 1400-ca. 1480)

The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Mikołaj Radomski (first half of XV century), also called Mikołaj z Radomia, was a Polish composer. ...

Renaissance

• Jerzy Liban z Legnicy (1464-after 1546)
• Mikołaj z Chrzanowa (1485-1555)
• Sebastian z Felsztyna (ca. 1490-after 1543)
• Mikołaj z Krakowa (1st half of the 16th Century)
• Wacław z Szamotuł (ca. 1526-1560)
• Mikołaj Gomółka (1535-1591)
• Cyprian Bazylik (ca.1535-ca. 1600)
• Jan z Lublina (ca. 1537–1540)
• Marcin Leopolita (ca. 1540-1589)
• Jakub Reys-Polak (1540-1605)
• Krzysztof Klabon (ca. 1550-after 1616)
• Tomasz Szadek (ca. 1550-after 1611)
• Wojciech Długoraj (1557-1619)

Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ... Wacław z Szamotuł (b. ... Mikołaj Gomółka (b. ... Cyprian Bazylik (ca. ... Jan z Lublina was a Polish composer who lived in the first half of the 16th century. ... Krzysztof Klabon (c. ... Wojciech Długoraj(ca. ...

Baroque

• Mikołaj Zieleński (1st half of the 17th Century)
• Adam Jarzębski (ca. 1590-1649)
• Marcin Mielczewski (d. 1651)
• Bartłomiej Pękiel (d. 1670)
• Jacek Różycki (1625/35-1703/04)
• Damian Stachowicz (1658-1699)
• Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński (prob. 2nd half of the 17th Century)
• Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (1665/67-1734)

Block quote For other uses, see Baroque (disambiguation). ... Mikołaj Zieleński (b. ... Adam Jarzębski (b. ... Marcin Mielczewski (d. ... Bartłomiej Pękiel (died ca. ... Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (ca. ...

18th and 19th Century

• Michał Kleofas Ogiński (1765-1833)
• Józef Ksawery Elsner (1769-1854)
• Franciszek Lessel (1780-1838)
• Karol Kurpiński (1785-1857)
• Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831)
• Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński (1807-1867)
• Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)
• Stanislaw Moniuszko (1819-1872)
• Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880)
• Władysław Żeleński (1837-1921)
• Zygmunt Noskowski (1846-1909)
• Maurucy Moszkowski (1854-1925)
• Juliusz Zarębski (1854-1885)

MichaÅ‚ Kleofas OgiÅ„ski (b. ... Karol Kazimierz KurpiÅ„ski (March 6, 1785) – (September 18, 1857) was a Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue. ... Ignacy Feliks DobrzyÅ„ski was a Polish pianist and composer. ... This article is about Frédéric Chopin, the composer. ... Stanisław Moniuszko Stanisław Moniuszko (b. ... Henryk Wieniawski (July 10, 1835 Lublin, Poland - March 31, 1880 Moscow) was a Polish composer and violinist. ... W. Å»eleÅ„ski WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Å»eleÅ„ski (b. ... Zygmunt Noskowski born (May 2, 1846 in Warsaw, died. ... Moritz Moszkowski (Breslau, August 23, 1854 - Paris, March 4, 1925) was a Polish composer and pianist. ... Juliusz ZarÄ™bski (February 28, 1854 in Zhytomyr - November 15, 1885 in Zhytomyr) was a Polish composer and pianist. ...

20th Century and Contemporary

• Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1864-1941)
• Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876-1909)
• Feliks Nowowiejski (1877-1946)
• Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937)
• Ludomir Różycki (1884-1953)
• Aleksander Tansman (1897-1986)
• Szymon Laks (1901-1983)
• Bronisław Kaper (1902-1983)
• Grażyna Bacewicz (1909-1969)
• Roman Maciejewski (1910-1998)
• Stefan Kisielewski (1911-1991)
• Władysław Szpilman (1911-2000)
• Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994)
• Witold Rudziński (1913-2004)
• Andrzej Panufnik (1914-1991)
• Michał Spisak (1914-1965)
• Mieczysław Weinberg (1919-1996)
• Kazimierz Serocki (1922-1981)
• Włodzimierz Kotoński (b. 1925)
• Tadeusz Baird (1928-1981)
• Bogusław Schaeffer (b. 1929)
• Krzysztof Komeda (1931-1969)
• Wojciech Kilar (b. 1932)
• Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (b. 1933)
• Krzysztof Penderecki, (b. 1933)
• Andrzej Czajkowski (1935-1982)
• Marek Stachowski (1936-2004)
• Zygmunt Konieczny (b. 1937)
• Marian Sawa (1937-2005)
• Czesław Niemen (1939-2004)
• Rafał Augustyn (b. 1951)
• Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (b. 1953)
• Marek Chołoniewski (b. 1953)
• Paweł Szymański (b. 1954)
• Michał Lorenc (b. 1955)
• Zbigniew Preisner (b. 1955)
• Jerzy Kornowicz (b. 1959)
• Hanna Kulenty (b. 1961)
• Cezary Ostrowski (b. 1962)
• Marzena Komsta (b. 1970)
• Paweł Mykietyn (b. 1971)
• Maciej Zieliński (b. 1971)
• Cezary Duchnowski (b. 1971)
• Alina Błońska (b. 1974)
• Aleksander Kościów (b. 1974)
• Sebastian Krajewski (b. 1975)
• Adam Darski (b. 1977)
• Bartosz Kowalski-Banasewicz (b. 1977)
• Weronika Ratusińska (b. 1977)
• Katarzyna Głowicka (b. 1977)
• Adam Falkiewicz (b. 1980)
• Tomasz Praszczałek (b. 1981)
• Wojciech Blecharz (b. 1981)
• Dagmara Jack (b. 1984)
• Dariusz Przybylski (b. 1984)
• Jacek Wiktor Ajdinović (b. 1985)

Ignacy Jan Paderewski Ignacy Jan Paderewski (November 6, 1860 – June 29, 1941) was a Polish pianist, composer, diplomat and politician, the third Prime Minister of Poland. ... MieczysÅ‚aw KarÅ‚owicz (December 11, 1876 - February 8, 1909) was a Polish composer, born in the Polish province of Vilna. ... Feliks Nowowiejski (Barczewo, Warmia, February 7, 1877 - January 18, 1946, PoznaÅ„, Poland) was a Polish composer, conductor and music teacher. ... Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Karol Szymanowski Karol Szymanowski Karol Maciej Korwin-Szymanowski (October 6, 1882–March 28, 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. ... Alexandre Tansman (June 12, 1897, Łódź–November 15, 1986) was a prolific composer and virtuoso pianist. ... BronisÅ‚aw Kaper (misspelled by the U.S. immigration authorities as Bronislau Kaper) (1902 - 1983) was a Jewish Polish-born composer of popular music. ... Grażyna Bacewicz (b. ... Roman Maciejewski (b. ... Stefan Kisielewski (1911-1991), nicknames Kisiel, Julia Hołyńska, Teodor Klon, Tomasz Staliński, was a Polish writer, publicist, composer and politician, one of the members of Znak. ... WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Szpilman (1942) WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Szpilman (also spelled Vladislav Szpilman in English) (December 5, 1911–July 6, 2000) was a Polish pianist, composer, and memoirist. ... Witold LutosÅ‚awski at his home. ... Sir Andrzej Panufnik (September 24, 1914 - October 27, 1991) was a Polish composer, pianist, and a conductor of classical music. ... MieczysÅ‚aw Weinberg (also Moisey Vainberg; Russian Моисей Самуилович Вайнберг; Polish MieczysÅ‚aw Wajnberg) (December 8, 1919 in Warsaw, Poland – February 26, 1996 in Moscow, Russia) was a Polish and Soviet composer who lived in the Soviet Union and Russia since before the World War II (1939) and lost most of his family... Kazimierz Serocki (3 March 1922, ToruÅ„ - 9 January 1981, Warsaw) was a Polish composer and one of the founders of the Warsaw Autumn contemporary music festival. ... Tadeusz Baird was a Polish composer. ... BugosÅ‚aw Schaeffer BogusÅ‚aw Schaeffer (b. ... Krzysztof Komeda Krzysztof Komeda (b. ... Photograph of Wojciech Kilar. ... Henryk MikoÅ‚aj Górecki (born December 6, 1933) is a Polish composer of classical music. ... Krzysztof Penderecki. ... Zygmunt Konieczny (3 January 1937) - Polish composer of theater music and film music. ... CzesÅ‚aw Niemen (real name CzesÅ‚aw Juliusz Wydrzycki) (February 16, 1939 - January 17, 2004) was one of the most important and original Polish rock musicians, singing mainly in the Polish language. ... Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (b. ... PaweÅ‚ SzymaÅ„ski (b. ... Zbigniew Preisner (born May 20 in Bielsko-BiaÅ‚a, 1955) is one of Polands leading film score composers, best known for his work with director Krzysztof KieÅ›lowski. ... Cezary Ostrowski — born 30 September 1962 in Brzeg — is a Polish electronica composer. ... PaweÅ‚ Mykietyn (b. ... Sebastian Krajewski (b. ... Adam Darski, 2005 Adam MichaÅ‚ Darski (b. ...

See also

• List of Poles
• Music of Poland

Disclaimer: Names that cannot be confirmed in Wikipedia database nor through given sources are subject to removal. ... Artists from Poland, including famous composers like Chopin or Penderecki and traditional, regionalized folk musicians, create a lively and diverse music scene, which even recognizes its own music genres, such as poezja śpiewana and disco polo. ...

External links

• [1] Professor Adrian Thomas: Before Chopin (lecture)
• [2] The Briefest History of Polish Music by Maria Anna Harley (Maja Trochimczyk)