Stanisław Moniuszko’s Four Litanies of Ostra Brama and their contexts
The first "nodal moment of life" of Stanisław Moniuszko (using the term by Mieczysław Tomaszewski, an outstanding Polish musicologist) was Vilnius. The eighteenth-year (1840-1858) stay of the composer in this city significantly influenced his biography and creativity. I will not invoke generally known facts, I will limit myself only to the issues related directly to the subject taken.