Printed Music as a Medium of International Representation for the Magnates of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania: A Case Study of Music Prints Dedicated to Jan Karol Chodkiewicz and Aleksander Chodkiewicz

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Aleksandra Pister
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The article deals with the collections of printed music dedicated to the distinguished nobles, statesmen and military commanders of the Grand Dutchy of Lithuania, brothers Jan Karol and Aleksander Chodkiewicz. These collections were printed in Venice in the beginning of the 17th century and dedicated to the Lithuanian magnates by Italian composers Giovanni Valentini and Giulio Osculati. However, it was not in their home country where composers became acquainted with the above-mentioned noblemen who had studied and travelled extensively in Italy but in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. In fact, both composers had served for certain periods of time as musicians in the Polish court chapel under Sigismund III Vasa. The said collections of motets are being examined here with an emphasis on publicity and international representation. The author notes that besides the reasonable expectations of both Italian composers to raise their public profiles, to publish and disseminate their work in Europe, these personal aspirations also resonated with the interests of other public figures. They both represent Sigismund III Vasa, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, as a generous patron and a leading social figure. The dedications were intended to glorify the Chodkiewicz and raise their profile within the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and beyond. They account for the magnates’ victories in major military campaigns of the time, such as those achieved during the Polish–Swedish war of 1600–1611, as well as Chodkiewicz’s merits in defence of the state. Within the context of shifting confessional identities at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries (i.e. the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation movements) these notated sources should be considered as a reflection of the magnates’ confessional identity. The very genre of printed works – motets for Catholic church service – reflects Chodkiewicz’s firm self-determination as Roman Catholics.
印刷音乐作为立陶宛大公国巨头的国际代表媒介:以音乐版画为例,献给Jan Karol Chodkiewicz和Aleksander Chodkiewicz
这篇文章讨论了献给立陶宛大公国的杰出贵族、政治家和军事指挥官,扬·卡罗尔和亚历山大·乔德凯维奇兄弟的印刷音乐收藏。这些作品于17世纪初在威尼斯印刷,由意大利作曲家乔瓦尼·瓦伦蒂尼和朱利奥·奥库拉蒂献给立陶宛的权贵。然而,并非在他们的祖国,作曲家结识了上述在意大利广泛学习和旅行的贵族,而是在波兰立陶宛联邦。事实上,这两位作曲家都曾在西吉斯蒙德三世瓦萨统治下的波兰宫廷教堂担任过音乐家。在这里,我们将对这些口号进行审查,重点是宣传和国际代表性。作者指出,除了这两位意大利作曲家合理地期望提高他们的公众形象,在欧洲出版和传播他们的作品外,这些个人愿望也与其他公众人物的兴趣产生了共鸣。它们都代表了波兰国王和立陶宛大公西吉斯蒙德三世瓦萨,作为一个慷慨的赞助人和一个重要的社会人物。这些奉献是为了赞美乔凯维奇家族,并在波兰立陶宛联邦内外提升他们的形象。它们解释了当时权势者在重大军事战役中的胜利,比如在1600-1611年波兰-瑞典战争中取得的胜利,以及乔凯维奇在保卫国家方面的功绩。在16和17世纪之交(即宗教改革和反宗教改革运动)忏悔身份不断变化的背景下,这些标记的来源应该被认为是权势者忏悔身份的反映。印刷作品的类型——天主教堂礼拜的颂歌——反映了乔凯维奇作为罗马天主教徒的坚定自决。
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