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Monumenta Musicae in Polonia (MMP) - Editorial Series

Editorial Staff:

Editor-in-chief: Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska, Assistant Professor, e-mail: barbara.przybyszewska-jarminska@ispan.pl
Assistant editor: Jakub Chachulski, PhD, e-mail: jakub.chachulski@ispan.pl
Katarzyna Korpanty, PhD, e-mail: katarzyna.korpanty@ispan.pl
Julia Palacz, MA, e-mail: julia.palacz@ispan.pl
phones: (22) 50 48 231; (22) 50 48 281

Editorial Committee:

Zofia Dobrzańska-Fabiańska, Professor Emerita at Jagiellonian University, Juliusz Domański, Professor Emeritus at Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Zofia Helman, Professor Emerita at Warsaw University, Tomasz Jasiński, Assistant Professor (emeritus in Maria Skłodowska Curie University), Remigiusz Pośpiech, Professor (Wrocław University), Elżbieta Witkowska-Zaremba, Professor (Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Art)

Layout of Scores and Typesetting: Studio Orfeo s.c.: orfeo.pl, Łukasz Szulim: edmus.pl

Latest releases in the series Monumenta Musicae in Polonia

Stanisław Moniuszko, Die Schweizerhütte, Komische Oper in Zwei Akten, vocal score, libretto based on Carl Blum, Mary, Max und Michel, critical edition, ed. Grzegorz Zieziula, edition of the German texts Katarzyna Korpanty, ed. Jakub Chachulski (=Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series E: Opera Selecta), Warszawa: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2025, pp. 344 (forthcoming), ISSN 3072-1407, ISBN 978-83-68411-10-2.

The Wodzicki Family Lute Tablature (PL-Lw 1985), facsimile and critical edition, ed. Grzegorz Joachimiak, ed. Bartłomiej Gembicki (=Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series B: Collectanea Musicae Artis), Warszawa: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2025, pp. 481 (forthcoming), ISSN 3072-1423, ISBN 978-83-66519-78-7.

Marcin Mielczewski, Opera omnia, series II, vol. II: Vocal-instrumental concertos, part 3, ed. by Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska, ed. Katarzyna Korpanty  (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series A: Opera omnia), Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2024, pp. 462, ISBN 978-83-7022-338-0, 978-83-66519-92-3

Józef Elsner, Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi, critical edition, ed. by Paulina Halamska, ed. Jakub Chachulski (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series E: Opera selecta), Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2024, ss. / pp. 600, ISBN 978-83-66519-92-2

“Warsaw Organ Tablature”. Reconstruction of the Repertoire, ed. by Marcin Szelest, ed. Bartłomiej Gembicki (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series B: Collectanea musicae artis), Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2024, pp. 300, ISBN 978-83-66519-77-0

Józef Elsner, Chamber Works, critical edition, ed. by Jerzy Morawski, ed. Jakub Chachulski (=  Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series E: Opera selecta), vol. I, II, Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2024, pp. 512 + 560, ISBN 978-83-66519-55-8

Virgilio Puccitelli, L S. Cecilia and anonymous Summary of the Story of St Cecilia, facsimile edition, ed. by Katarzyna Korpanty, translation of the libretto into Polish by Agnieszka Pudlis, translation of the libretto and synopsis into English by John Comber, monographic introduction by Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series D: Bibliotheca antiqua), Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2023, pp. 372, ISBN 978-83-66519-53-4 

Tabulatura Joannis de Lublin. Repertoire, vol. 2: Secular music, ed. by Zofia Dobrzańska-Fabiańska, eds Marek Bebak, Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series B: Collectanea musicae artis), Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2023, pp. 240, ISBN 978-83-66519-54-1, price: 140,- zł

Tabulatura Joannis de Lublin. Repertoire, vol. 1, ed. by Zofia Dobrzańska-Fabiańska, eds Marek Bebak, Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series B: Collectanea musicae artis), Warszawa,  Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2021, pp. 568, ISBN 978-83-66519-22-0, price: 150,- zł

Adam Jarzębski, Opera omnia, series II: Concerti e canzoni and Other Works, ed. by Marcin Szelest, eds Bartłomiej Gembicki, Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series A: Opera omnia), Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2021, pp. 331, ISBN 978-83-66519-21-3, price: 140,- zł

Louis André, Essai de principes de musique, ed. by Joanna Żurowska, translation into Polish by Michał Bristiger † and Joanna Żurowska, translation into English by Zofia Weaver, introduction by Katarzyna Korpanty, eds Katarzyna Korpanty and Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series C: Tractatus de musica), Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2019, pp. 192, ISBN 978–83–65630–81-0, price: 100,- zł

Teodoro Riccio Liber primus missarum (1579), ed. by Christian Thomas Leitmeir, eds Bartłomiej Gembicki, Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series B: Collectanea musicae artis), Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2019, pp. 353. ISBN 978-83-65630-83-4, price: 130,- zł

Marcin Józef Żebrowski, Compositions for Instrumental Ensembles, ed. by Remigiusz Pośpiech, eds Jakub Chachulski, Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series E: Opera selecta), Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2019,  pp. 336, ISBN 978-83-65630-94-0, price: 120,- zł

Józef Elsner. A Thematic Catalogue of the Works, part II: Secular Music, prepared by Jakub Chachulski, ed. Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series E: Opera selecta), Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2019, pp. 333, ISBN 978-83-65630-92-6, price: 120,- zł

Józef Elsner (libretto Ludwik Adam Dmuszewski), Król Łokietek, czyli Wiśliczanki, ed. by  Grzegorz Zieziula, eds Jakub Chachulski, Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series E: Opera selecta), Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2019, pp. 537, ISBN 978-83-65630-84-1, price: 130;- zł

Marcin Mielczewski, Opera omnia, series II, vol. II: Vocal-instrumental concertos, part 2, ed. by Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska, ed. Katarzyna Korpanty (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series A: Opera omnia), Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2019, pp. 425, ISBN 978-83-65630-72-8, price: 120 ,- zł

Marcin Mielczewski, Opera omnia, series II, vol. II: Vocal-instrumental concertos, part 1, ed. by Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska, ed. Katarzyna Korpanty (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series A: Opera omnia), Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2018, pp. 420, ISBN 978-83-65630-49-0, price: 120 ,- zł

Marcin Kromer, Musicae elementa, ed. and transl. into Polish by Elżbieta Witkowska-Zaremba, translation of the treatise into English by Calvin M. Bower, eds Bartłomiej Gembicki, Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series C: Tractatus de musica), Warszawa: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2019, pp. 93, ISBN 78-83-65630-82-7, price: 45,- zł

Józef Elsner, Songs, ed. by Małgorzata Sieradz, edition of texts of songs by Tomasz Chachulski, eds Katarzyna Korpanty, Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series E: Opera selecta), Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk,  2018, pp. 543, ISBN 978-83-65630-47-6, price: 130,- zł

Tabulatura Joannis de Lublin: Ad faciendum cantum choralem, Fundamentum, Ad faciendam correcturam, ed. and transl. into Polish by Elżbieta Witkowska-Zaremba, English transl. of treatises by Anna Maria Busse Berger, eds Bartłomiej Gembicki, Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series C: Tractatus de musica), Warszawa: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2015, pp. 291, ISBN 978-83-63877-78-1, price: 120,- zł

'Polish Dances' from Keyboard Tablatures, collected and prepared for publication by Zofia Stęszewska†, completed and edited by Piotr Poźniak†, eds Bartłomiej Gembicki, Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska (Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series B: Collectanea musicae artis), Warszawa,  Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2017, pp. 379, ISBN 978-83-65630-46-9, price: 120,- zł

Józef Elsner, Masses Opp. 26, 35, 42, 62, 75, ed. by Jadwiga Jasińska, ed. Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series E: Opera selecta), Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2017,  pp. 489, ISBN 978-83-65630-48-03, price: 120,- zł

Władysław Żeleński, Goplana. Romantic Opera in Three Acts, libretto by Ludomir German, orchestra score (Wien 1897), facsimile edition, edited and introduced by Grzegorz Zieziula, ed. Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series D: Bibliotheca antiqua), Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2016, pp. 232 + 696, ISBN 978-83-65630-16-2 (entire edition); 978-83-65630-14-8 (vol. 1), 978-83-65630-15-5 (vol. 2), price: 400,- zł

Józef Elsner, Piano Works, ed. by Jerzy Morawski, ed. Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series E: Opera selecta), Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2016, pp. 512, ISBN 978-83-65630-12-4, price: 120,- zł

Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński, Opera omnia, ed. by Marcin Szelest, ed. Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska (= Monumenta Musicae in Polonia, series A: Opera omnia), Warszawa, Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk, 2016, pp. 350 + 281, ISBN 978-83-65630-07-0 (vols I-II), price: 180,- zł 

Currently in preparation

Marcin Mielczewski, Opera omnia, series II, vol. II: Vocal-instrumental concertos, part 4-5, critical edition, introduction and commentary in Polish and English, ed. Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska (release planned for 2026 and 2027; the project is co-funded by the National Humanities Development Program);

Feliks Janiewicz, Opera omnia, vol. III: Chamber Works and Songs, critical edition, introduction and commentary in Polish and English, ed. Andrzej Sitarz (release planned for 2025; the project is co-funded by the National Humanities Development Program);

Petrus Wilhelmi de Grudencz, Opera omnia, critical edition, introduction and commentary in Polish and English, ed. Paweł Gancarczyk (release planned for 2025; the project is co-funded by the National Humanities Development Program);

Marek z Płocka (Marcus Plocenis) O.P., Hortulus musices, critical edition with a Polish and English translations of the treatise, introduction and commentary in Polish and English, ed. Elżbieta Witkowska-Zaremba (release planned for 2025; the project is co-funded by the National Humanities Development Program);

Andreas Hakenberger, Harmonia sacra, critical edition, introduction and commentary in Polish and English, ed. Bartłomiej Gembicki (release planned for 2027; the project is co-funded by the National Humanities Development Program);

Józef Elsner, Opera selecta: Sułtan Wampum (Sultan Wampum), critical edition, introduction and commentary in Polish and English, ed. Jakub Chachulski (release planned for 2027; the project is co-funded by the National Humanities Development Program);

Stanisław Moniuszko, Opera selecta: Nocleg w Apeninach (A Night in the Apennines), critical edition, introduction and commentary in Polish and English, ed. Grzegorz Zieziula (release planned for 2025; the project is co-funded by the National Humanities Development Program);

Tablature from the Holy Spirit Monastery in Kraków, critical edition, ed. Zofia Dobrzańska-Fabiańska.

In five subseries published so far

A: Opera Omnia (critical editions of the complete works of Polish composers or those associated  with Poland, active from the 16th to the early 19th century):

  • Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki (vol. I, eds Karol Mrowiec, Alicja Wardęcka-Gościńska, 2009, vol. II, ed. Karol Mrowiec, 1995)
  • Feliks Janiewicz (ed. Andrzej Sitarz, vol. I 1996, vol. II 1998)
  • Adam Jarzębski (ed. Wanda Rutkowska, 1989)
  • Adam Jarzębski, series II (ed. Marcin Szelest, 2021) 
  • Marcin Mielczewski (ed. Zygmunt M. Szweykowski, vol. I 1986, vol. II 1976, vol. III 2003)
  • Marcin Mielczewski, series II (ed. Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska; vol. II/1 2018, vol. II/2 2019, vol. II/3 2024) and A Thematic Catalogue of the Works, prepared by Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska, 2013
  • Bartłomiej Pękiel (ed. Zofia Dobrzańska-Fabiańska, vol. I-II, 1994)
  • Stanisław Sylwester Szarzyński (ed. Marcin Szelest, vol. I-II 2016)
  • Mikołaj Zieleński (ed. Władysław Malinowski, vol. I-V, 1966-1992). 

B: Collectanea Musicae Artis (the main music monuments and repertoire corpora created in Poland or associated with Poland, published in the form of facsimile or critical editions):

  • The Tablature of Jan of Lublin (facsimile edition by Krystyna Wilkowska-Chomińska, with thematic catalogue and alphabetical index, 1964)
  • Tabulatura Joannis de Lublin. Repertoire, vol. I i II (ed. Zofia Dobrzańska-Fabiańska, 2019 i 2023) 
  • Jan Zaremba: Pieśni chwał boskich (Hymns for the Glory of God) (facsimile edition by Barbara Brzezińska, Alodia Kawecka-Gryczowa,1989)
  • Polish Polyphonic Song in the 16th and beginning of the 17th Century (eds Piotr Poźniak, Wacław Walecki, 2 vol., 2004)
  • Asprilio Pacelli: Sacrae cantiones (ed. Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska, 2012)
  • 'Polish Dances' from Keyboard Tablatures (eds Zofia Stęszewska, Piotr Poźniak, Bartłomiej Gembicki, Barbara Przybyszewska-Jarmińska, 2017)
  • Teodoro Riccio, Liber primus missarum (1579) (ed. Christian Thomas Leitmeir, 2019)
  • Warsaw Organ Tablature. Reconstruction of the Repertoire (ed. Marcin Szelest, 2024).

C: Tractatus de Musica (critical editions of the texts of music treatises by Polish authors or those connected with Poland, with translations into Polish, and in volumes published from 2015 also into English):

  • Jerzy Liban: Writings on Music (wyd. Elżbieta Witkowska-Zaremba, 1984)
  • Sebastian z Felsztyna: Writings on Music (wyd. Elżbieta Witkowska-Zaremba, 1991)
  • Tabulatura Joannis de Lublin: Ad faciendum cantum choralem, Fundamentum, Ad Faciendam correcturam (ed. and transl. into Polish by Elżbieta Witkowska-Zaremba, English transl. of treatises by Anna Maria Busse Berger, 2015)
  • Marcin Kromer, Musicae elementa (ed. and transl. into Polish by Elżbieta Witkowska-Zaremba, English transl. of treatise by Calvin M. Bower, 2019)
  • Louis André, Essay de principes de musique (ed. Joanna Żurowska, transl. into Polish by Michał Bristiger and Joanna Żurowska, English transl. of treatise by Zofia Weaver, introduction by Katarzyna Korpanty, 2019).

D: Bibliotheca Antiqua (facsimile editions of the most valuable musical and music-theoretical sources of Polish authors or those associated with Poland):

  • old prints of music-theoretical treatises by Stefan Monetarius, Marcin Kromer, Sebastian of Felsztyn, Jerzy Liban and of the textbook by Jan Aleksander Gorczyn ("Tabulatura muzyki abo zaprawa muzykalna..." 1647)
  • zbiory musical pieces by Mikołaj Zieleński ("Offertoria et communiones totius anni..." 1611)
  • facsimile editions of the scores for the operas "Halka" by Stanisław Moniuszko (1861) and "Goplana" by Władysław Żeleński (1987) (ed. Grzegorz Zieziula, 2012 and 2016).

E: Opera Selecta (critical editions of selected works, repertoire groups and thematic catalogs of works by Polish composers or composers associated with Poland)

  • Józef Elsner, Piano Works (ed. Jerzy Morawski, 2016)
  • Józef Elsner, Masses Opp. 26, 35, 42, 62, 75 (ed. Jadwiga Jasińska, 2017)
  • Józef Elsner, Songs (eds Małgorzata Sieradz, Tomasz Chachulski, 2018)
  • Józef Elsner (libretto Ludwik Adam Dmuszewski), Król Łokietek, czyli Wiśliczanki (ed. Grzegorz Zieziula, 2019)
  • Józef Elsner, Thematic Catlogue of Works, vol. II: Secular Music (prepared by Jakub Chachulski, 2019)
  • Józef Elsner, Chamber Works (eds Jerzy Morawski, Jakub Chachulski, 2 volumes, 2024)
  • Józef Elsner, Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi (ed. Paulina Halamska, 2024)
  • Marcin Józef Żebrowski, Compositions for Instrumental Ensembles (ed. Remigiusz Pośpiech, 2019).