Jan Jargoń

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Jan Jargoń (born June 23, 1928 in Paulsdorf , today Zabrze , Poland ; † October 31, 1995 in Kraków ) was a Polish composer , organist , organ builder and full professor at the Kraków Music Academy .

Jan Jargon (portrait)

Life

At the age of 7, Jan Jargoń began to play the accordion, inspired by the family's musical tradition. At the age of 10 he took piano lessons and in 1941 he began taking organ lessons. Because of his great talent, he studied at the State Music School in Kattowitz ( Kattowitz Music Academy ) in 1943 .

Organ building

Jan Jargon was already interested in how the organ worked and how it was built during his musical training. This passion accompanied him all his life parallel to playing the organ. In 1971 he initiated the establishment of the art workshop for the preservation of historical organs in Poland. In 1977 Jan Jargon led the reconstruction of the organ of the Dominican monastery church St. Nikolaus in Gdansk with organ builder Franz Rietzsch and in 1984 with Magister Jacek Kulig the restoration of the organ of the Pauline monastery church in Krakow. These organs were presented in the series Historical Organs in Poland of the label aulos - MusiKado; In addition to works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Feliks Nowowiejski , Jan Jargoń also played parts of his own composition Triptychon per Organo . In 1977 Jargon was in charge of organ building in the Church of Our Lady, Queen of Poland in Nowa Huta . The organ in the Krakow Philharmonic was created in close collaboration between Jan Jargon and the organ builder Hans Gerd Klais (Bonn).

Publications and Discography

  • Organy Fromborskie (LP, Veri Ton 30727)
  • (with Joachim Grubich ): Historical organs in Poland - Danzig - Krakow (aulos - MusiKado, AUL 66134)

Compositions

  • Introduction. Passacaglia for organ (1953)
  • Cantata for solo voices, choir and orchestra (1954-55)
  • Baroque Concerto for Organ and Orchestra (1955)
  • Songs for soprano and piano (1959)
  • Triptych per organo (1963)

Prizes and awards

  • 1950 First prize in the Bach competition in Poland
  • 1971 Award from the Ministry of Art and Culture
  • 1974 Award from the City of Krakow
  • Since 1996 concerts in memory of Jan Jargon have been held in Krakow every year (see web links [1].)

References

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ musikado.com, Historical Organs in Poland - Gdansk - Cracow - Joachim Grubich - Jan Jargon , Online ( Memento from October 6, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ R. Tomczyk. Jan jargon. Diploma thesis 1998. Cracow Academy of Music (Polish)
personal data
SURNAME Jargoń, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jargon, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish composer and organ builder
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Paulsdorf , today Zabrze
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 1995
Place of death Krakow