Tyrała, Robert (Wydawnictwo Naukowe Papieskiej Akademii Teologicznej w Krakowie, 2004)
The Pope from Poland, through his life, words and work is a challenge for artistic circles all over the world, and especially in Poland. The paper presents a brief study of religious music and the meaning of the pieces of music dedicated to the Holy Father, composed to the texts written by the pope and about John Paul II. There are certainly more such pieces and new ones are being composed. Naturally, not all of them will become liturgical music since, as the pope himself writes in his last letter on liturgical music, published in Rome on November 22, 2003: New compositions must be rooted in the music tradition of the Church. New compositions must be pervaded by the spirit of liturgy and must identify with it. Otherwise they cannot be regarded as liturgical. They are all of them, however, pieces of religious music and constitute the treasure of church music.
