Mikołaj z Radomia

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Mikołaj Radomski, also called Mikołaj z Radomia

polyphonic music renowned for its expression of religious contemplation.[2]

Life and career

Mikołaj z Radomia was a Polish composer working in the first half of the 15th century, probably in Kraków, known only through his signatures on a few compositions: „N. de Radom”, „Nicolaus de Radom” and „Mycolay Radomsky”. Searches for the composer's identity have not brought any results so far. Hypotheses have been put forward in the literature (for example H. Musielak) linking the identity of Mikołaj with any person in the sources with that name (e.g. „Nicolaus clavicembalista dominae reginae Poloniae” from 1422, „Nicolaus Geraldi de Radom”, who studied in

polyphonic music
from the second quarter of the 15th century (1440?): in manuscripts of the Świdziński Library, later the Krasiński Library signature 52, now the National Library signature III 8054 and a manuscript in the Załuski Library, next the Imperial Library in St Petersburg signature F. Lat. I 378 and next in the University Library in Warsaw, then the National Library, lost during the second world war and now known through microfilm copies (incomplete) and hand-written transcriptions made from the original by M. Szczepańska and kept in the PAN Institute of Art in Warsaw; both manuscripts are published in «Antiquitates Musicae in Polonia».

Recordings

  • Mikołaj z Radomia - Complete Works Ars Nova Ensemble, Jacek Urbaniak DUX Records 1990

References

  1. ^ DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Poland 1409334198 2013 p.26 "Mikolaj z Radomia, a composer of the first half of the 15th century, produced both religious and secular works."
  2. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.19896. (subscription or UK public library membership
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