Wspólne miejsce polsko‑ukraińskie w XIX wieku?

Abstract

The article recalls a controversial figure of Tymon Padurra, often referred to as an author of lordly dumkas that polonized Ukraine, and yet perceived by his contemporaries as a „red” anti‑Tsar revolutionist, cooperating first with the Decembrists and then with Wacław Rzewuski – Emir. Supposedly, Padurra influenced Rzewuski and the modification of his style – from Arabic to Cossack one (a school of folk lyrists was established in Rzewuski’s property, Sawrań). The second part of the paper is devoted to Ukrainian dumka as a component of Romantic musical culture, and perhaps a phenomenon parallel to German Romantic songs. Although dumka is not included in the literary canon and was treated reluctantly in the 19th century, it enjoyed, and still does, a surprising popularity.