Inspiracja „zewnętrzna” i „wewnętrzna” w muzyce polskiej związanej z osobą i myślą Jana Pawła II

Abstract

The article refers to selected compositions from the abundant work of Polish composers inspired by John Paul II and his teachings. This work constitutes an exceptional and very frequent phenomenon in Polish music (and not only sticte religious music) which continued since the beginning of the pontificate. The inspiration in this type of compositions is an interesting issue. It usually is (at least) twofold: “external” (referring to the person of the pope) and “internal” (referring to a given composer’s style/interest) which is manifested, among others, in the diversity of genres and forms of these compositions, their closer or further reference to music traditionally perceived as religious, their approach towards the “papal” subject, etc. That is why the problem of inspiration is the centre of the article’s considerations. The theoretical reference point is Władysław Stróżewski’s concept of inspiration as “the dialectics of interiority and exteriority”.