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Marcin Leopolita (also Marcin z Lwowa; Lwów, now Lviv, Ukraine, 1537 – c. 1584) was one of the most eminent Polish composers of the 16th century. He attended the Jagiellonian University (Collegium Maius) and may have studied under the Polish composer Sebastian z Felsztyna and Jan Jelen of Tuchola.[1] By the age of 20 he was a member of the royal music ensemble at the court of Zygmunt August, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.[2] apparently becoming court composer there in 1560.[3]

Few compositions of Leopolita have survived. Four motets, written in Latin, (Cibavit eos, Mihi autem, Resurgente Christo and Spiritus Domini) are preserved in organ tablature; of these, Cibavit Eos can be restored with confidence to its original vocal form.[3] All four works are known from a single source, a tablature formerly belonging to the Warsaw Musicological Society which now only survives as a photographic copy, the original having been destroyed during World War Two. This tablature was probably written around 1580 and has been known as the Tablature of Martin Leopolita, although while Leopolita himself was an organist,[4] his connection with the manuscript is uncertain.[5]

Leopolita's five-part mass Missa paschalis is the only 16th century Polish mass to survive intact, and the Agnus Dei, which adds a sixth voice (a second Cantus) has the distinction of being the earliest extant example of six-part Polish polyphony. It is based on themes from four Polish vernacular Easter songs——hence the designation 'Paschalis'—of which Chrystus Pan zmartwychwstał is the most prominent.[6]

Recordings

• Early Polish Masses Gorczycki: Missa Paschalis Leopolita: Missa Paschalis Mielczewski: Missa super "O Gloriosa Domina" Jaroslaw Malanowicz (organ) Il Canto CD Accord - ACD018
• Waclaw z Szamotul: Songs and Motets and Leopolita: Missa Paschalis Collegium Vocale Bydgoszcz Dux - DUX0248 recorded 1992 and 1994

References

На других языках

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[de] Marcin Leopolita

Marcin Leopolita (Martinus Leopolita(nus), auch Marcin ze Lwowa, Marcin Lwowczyk, Marcin Lwówczyk genannt; * um 1540 in Lemberg; † 1589 ebenda) war ein polnischer Komponist.

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- [en] Marcin Leopolita

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[es] Marcin Leopolita

Marcin Leopolita (también como Marcin z Lwowa; Leópolis, 1537 - ibid., c. 1584) fue uno de los compositores polacos más eminentes del siglo XVI. Asistió a la Universidad Jaguelónica, específicamente, el Collegium Maius, y pudo haber estudiado con Sebastián de Felstin y/o Jan Jelen de Tuchola.[1] A la edad de 20 años ya era miembro del conjunto de música real en la corte del rey Segismundo Augusto,[2] aparentemente convirtiéndose en compositor de la corte en 1560.[3]

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[ru] Мартин Леополита

Мартин Леополита или Мартин из Львова (польск. Marcin Leopolita, Martinus Leopolita, Leopolitanus, Marcin ze Lwowa) (ок. 1530, Львов — † ок. 1589, Львов) — польский органист, композитор эпохи Возрождения, придворный музыкант короля Сигизмунда II Августа.

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