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The music of Poland covers diverse aspects of music and musical traditions which have originated, and are practiced in Poland.Artists from Poland include world-famous classical composers like Frédéric Chopin, Karol Szymanowski, Witold Lutosławski, Henryk Górecki and Krzysztof Penderecki; renowned pianists like Karl Tausig, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Arthur Rubinstein and Krystian Zimerman; as ...
By the end of the 13th century, over 300 monasteries existed in Poland, spreading Catholicism and Western traditions: for example, the first Benedictine monasteries built in the 11th century in Tyniec and Lubin spread new Western agricultural and industrial techniques. [1] Another powerful tool employed by the Church was the skill of writing.
Sobieski's reign marked the last high point in the history of the Commonwealth: in the first half of the 18th century, Poland ceased to be an active player in international politics. The Treaty of Perpetual Peace (1686) with Russia was the final border settlement between the two countries before the First Partition of Poland in 1772. [42] [55]
To read about the background to these events, see History of Poland. See also the list of Polish monarchs and list of prime ministers of Poland . Centuries : 5th · 6th · 7th · 8th · 9th · 10th · 11th · 12th · 13th · 14th · 15th · 16th · 17th · 18th · 19th · 20th · 21st · See also
1227–34 – A Play of Daniel with music is written at the school of Beauvais Cathedral. 1235–39 – Theobald I of Navarre , "Seignor, sachiés, qui or ne s’en ira" (chanson de croisade) 1239 – Theobald I of Navarre, "Au tens plain de felonie" (chanson de croisade)
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Cultural history of Poland can be traced back to the Middle Ages.In its entirety, it can be divided into the following historical, philosophical artistic periods: Culture of medieval Poland (from the late 10th to late 15th century), Renaissance (late 15th to the late 16th century), Baroque (late 16th to the mid-18th century), Enlightenment (second half of the 18th century), Romanticism (from ...
In the first half of the 13th-century duke Henry I the Bearded of the Silesian line of the Piast dynasty, managed to reunite much of the divided Polish kingdom. He became the duke of Kraków (Polonia Minor) in 1232, which gave him the title of the senior duke of Poland (see Testament of Bolesław III Krzywousty). Henry started striving for the ...