Jakub Gołąbek (c.1739-1789) - Sinfonia D-Dur (c.1780)
Performers: Orkiestra Kameralna Poznanskiej; Robert Satanowski (1918-1997, conductor)
Painting: Jan van Os (1744-1808) - Flowers
Further info: Jakub Gołąbek (c.1739-1789) - Sinfonia C-Dur
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Polish composer and singer. He was active in Kraków from at least 1766
(in which year he was married), first in the chapel choir of St Mary’s,
later (c.1774) as singer and composer for the Wawel Cathedral choir.
From 1781 to 1787 he also worked as a teacher at the Kraków singing
school run by the priest Wacław Sierakowski, and took part in concerts
of oratorios and cantatas organized by Sierakowski, modelled on those of
the Concert Spirituel, Paris. Gołąbek’s music is significant in the
formation of a Polish Classical style, as is evident in the forms he
used (two-subject expositions, short development and recapitulation),
thematic structure, treatment of the bass part (clearly following the
tradition of the basso continuo), and the use of galant elements in slow
movements (for example in his Parthia). There are four extant,
unaccompanied masses, conforming to the type ‘missa sine credo’, mostly
composed in a homophonic style but containing some polyphony. Gołąbek’s
instrumental music is characterized by a non-schematic approach to
composition combined with a degree of melodic ingenuity. His sacred
works, as well as his symphonic works, were well known in his day and
were highly regarded, not just in the Kraków region.
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