Michał Marcin Mioduszewski

Front page of Śpiewnik kościelny

First printing of the popular Christmas carol Gdy się Chrystus rodzi (“ When the world was lost ”) in Pastorałki i kolędy 1843

Michał Marcin Mioduszewski (born September 16, 1787 in Warsaw , † May 30, 1868 in Cracow ) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest of the Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Vincent de Paul , collector and publisher of religious songs.

His main merit is the collection and publication of hymns in Polish. His Śpiewnik kościelny z melodyjami ("Church hymn book with melodies") appeared in 1838 and was supplemented in 1842, 1853 and 1854 by three supplements. He also published a volume of Polish Christmas carols in 1843, Pastorałki i kolędy z melodyjami . With these collections he made a significant contribution to the development of Polish liturgical music.

He was buried in section Y in the tomb of the Vincentines in the Rakowicki cemetery in Kraków .

Works

Śpiewnik kościelny, czyli pieśni nabożne z melodiami w Kościele katolickim używane . Krakow 1838 ( digitized in the Google book search).
Pastorałki i kolędy z melodiami . Krakow 1843 ( online at Wikisource ).

literature

Mirosława Kaczorowska-Guńkiewicz: Mioduszewski Michał Marcin. In: Elzbieta Dziębowska (Ed.): Encyklopedia Muzyczna PWM. Volume 6. Warsaw 2000, ISBN 83-224-0656-8 , p. 277.
Karol Morowiec CM: Mioduszewski, Michał Marcin. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 12 (Mercadante - Paix). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2004, ISBN 3-7618-1122-5 ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
Alfons Schletz: Mioduszewski, Michal Marcin . In: Polski słownik biograficzny. Volume 21. Wrocław / Warszawa / Kraków / Gdańsk 1976.
Constantin von Wurzbach : Mioduszewski, Michael Martin . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 18th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1868, p. 346 f. ( Digitized version ).
Hiernonimus Eugeniusz Wyczawski (ed.): Słownik polskich teologów katolickich. Volume 3. Warszawa 1982.

Web links

Wikisource: Author: Michał Marcin Mioduszewski - Sources and full texts (Polish)

Commons : Michał Marcin Mioduszewski - collection of images, videos and audio files

Sheet music in the public domain by Michał Marcin Mioduszewski in the Choral Public Domain Library - ChoralWiki (English)

Katarzyna Morawska: Mioduszewski, Michał Marcin. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).

Individual evidence

↑ Karolina Grodziska-Ożóg: Cmentarz Rakowicki w Krakowie (1803-1939) wyd. II. Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 1987, ISBN 83-08-01428-3 , p. 127.

personal data
SURNAME	Mioduszewski, Michał Marcin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish Catholic priest and Lazarist, collector and editor of hymns
DATE OF BIRTH	September 16, 1787
PLACE OF BIRTH	Warsaw
DATE OF DEATH	May 30, 1868
Place of death	Krakow

[1] Karolina Grodziska-Ożóg: Cmentarz Rakowicki w Krakowie (1803-1939) wyd. II. Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 1987, ISBN 83-08-01428-3 , p. 127.