Wedding in Ojców - Examination of clarinet sonorities within the first nationalistic ballet suite of Poland

Wladyslaw Lech

About this exposition

In 1823, Wedding in Ojców, a ballet composed through the efforts of several prominent Warsaw-based composers, premiered to great acclaim and achieved extraordinary popularity, with over 700 performances in 19th-century Warsaw alone. Despite this success, the work has largely disappeared from the classical music canon, raising questions about its historical neglect and performance potential today. This research focuses on a suite from Wedding in Ojców as a representative example of early 19th-century nationalistic music and explores the practical and artistic considerations a clarinetist should take into account when preparing a historically informed performance of this work. To address this, the study involves an examination of surviving 19th-century scores, ethnographic documentation of the Ojców region—the setting of the ballet—and comparative analysis of modern folk performance practices, drawn from commercial and live recordings by Polish folk ensembles. By juxtaposing historical and contemporary sources, the research provides interpretive insights that inform performance practice and instrument selection. The findings support the development of a historically aware yet creatively adaptive performance approach, contributing to both the revival of neglected repertoire and the fusion of folk and early music traditions in ensemble settings.

type	research exposition
keywords	Folk, folk music, 19th century, performance practice, Kurpinski, Elsner, Stefani, dance, ballet suite, ballet
date	11/05/2025
published	14/07/2025
last modified	14/07/2025
status	limited publication
copyright	Wladyslaw Lech
license	All rights reserved
language	English
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3559802/3559803
published in	KC Research Portal
portal issue	3. Internal publication

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