Zygmunt Marian Szweykowski

Zygmunt Marian Szweykowski (12 May 1929 – 3 August 2023) was a Polish musicologist and academic. Described as "one of the leading Polish musicologists of his generation", Szweykowski specialized in Renaissance and Baroque music, particularly that of Poland and Italy. His career was primarily spent at Jagiellonian University and he was closely associated with the PWM Edition publisher.

Life and career Zygmunt Marian Szweykowski was born in Kraków, the Second Polish Republic, on 12 May 1929. The Szweykowskis lived in Warsaw during World War II, following which they moved to Częstochowa. The younger Szweykowski studied musicology under Adolf Chybiński at the University of Poznań, graduating in 1951. He obtained his doctoral degree under Józef Michał Chomiński at Jagiellonian University, Kraków, in 1964; at the age of 94.

The musicologist described as Szweykowski "one of the leading Polish musicologists of his generation". Szweykowski specialized in the music history of Poland and Italy, particularly Renaissance and Baroque music. Perz noted that he discovered "many unknown Polish compositions and sources concerning Polish musical culture". Among the composers he wrote on were Mikołaj Gomółka, Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki, Marcin Mielczewski, Jan Staromiejski and Wacław of Szamotuły. His "highly regarded" editions of Polish music include numerous anthologies on a variety of old Polish music.

Throughout his career, Szweykowski was a member of numerous music organizations: the Polish Composers' Union (from 1955), the American Musicological Society and the Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna (honorary member). His national awards included the Cross of Merit, the Order of Polonia Restituta and the .

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