W Cieniu Jutrzenki – muzyczne konotacje z czcicielem tajemnic

Abstract

The author discusses the links between broadly defined heavy metal and dark-ambient music and the writings of Tadeusz Miciński. In this connection, he mentions more than a dozen performers ranging from Roman Kostrzewski to relatively obscure bands. The discussion is placed in the context of earlier musical adaptations of Miciński’s poetry, starting from the Young Poland period (Karol Szymanowski, Ludomir Różycki, Apolinary Szeluto). The author quotes a number of facts concerning Miciński’s membership in the Theosophical Society and his contacts with theosophists active in the early 20th century. The key figures in this respect are the Polish painter Kazimierz Stabrowski and the Lithuanian artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis.