HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL ASPECT OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHURCH MUSIC OF ROMAN CATHOLICS IN GALICIA IN THE XIX – EARLY XX CENTURIES

Abstract

The historical and sociocultural conditions of the cultivation of Roman Catholic music in the spiritual environment of the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries are considered. It is indicated that during the mentioned period, a revival of Roman Catholic church music in the Cecilian traditions, presented and popularized in Galicia, primarily through education and publishing, took place throughout Europe. The prerequisites for the renewal of the Roman Catholic rite and its musical component are summarized. It was revealed that the Roman Catholic clergy, under the patronage of bishops, initiated the provision of continuous liturgical education, and along with it, executive practice. The activity of the leading societies in the Lviv, Krakow, Tarniv and Przemyśl dioceses, in whose churches and cathedrals Roman Catholic music was performed, is indicated. It is noted that after the restoration of Poland’s independence in 1918, the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) in Galicia changed the division into Vilnius, Lviv (including the dioceses of Peremysl, Lutsk and Tarniv), Warsaw, Gniezno and Poznań, and Krakow. New for liturgical musicology was getting to know educational institutions, in particular, the music bursa at the church of St. Anna, the state school of organists, the organ school at the “Musical Society” in Krakow, the organ school in Lviv, the school for organists and the school of organists at the “Society of St. Wojciech” in Tarnov, the school of organists in Przemyśl. The names and surnames of previously unknown musicians and conductors who influenced the development of Roman Catholic music throughout the region are indicated. Critical notes on the performance level of choirs in churches and cathedrals are also provided. The changes that were carried out to improve the choral sound of voices, the legal position of organists, etc. were recorded. The educational and practical literature and theoretical works that were implemented in Galicia at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries were considered. It is emphasized that a number of updates had a significant impact on the musical design of Roman Catholic services.