Psychospołeczne i receptywne uwarunkowania twórczości kompozytorskiej Karola Mikulego

Abstrakt

The output of the famous Polish composer, Karol Mikuli, has been much more modestly assessed in contemporary musicology than his merits as a teacher and organizer of musical life in Galicia. To evaluate his output, however, we should take into account not only the existing “a priori distrust” towards works that are performed too rarely, but also consider the whole range of circumstances of his creative process, which this article is devoted to.

The methodological concept of the article is based on the relationships between “the individual style of the composer” and “the style of the epoch” and “social conditions”. On the basis of the defined predispositions it is possible to formulate own hypotheses on the individual compositional style of Karol Mikuli. I have divided them into three groups, metaphorically defined as “individual”, “social” and “receptive”.The romantic essence of his individual style has not lost its charm to this day, his best pieces sound attractive and moving.