Wojciech Dębołęcki

Wojciech Dembołęcki (* around 1585 in Konojady at Brodnica; † between September 1645 and February 1647), also known as Dębołęcki, Debolencki or Dembolensius, was a Polish composer and Catholic religious cleric.

Life

About his early life and his musical education no sources are present. He resigned in 1598 in Krakow the Franciscan order at. Since 1605 he lived in Opole. Here he received in 1611 or 1612 the ordination to the priesthood. In the years 1615-1617 he lived in Kalisz and Lviv, where he was Kapellmeister at the monastery, and finally in Chelm. Then Dembołęcki visited Italy, where he visited Venice and probably Rome.

1619 he returned to Eastern Europe, first to Olomouc, where he co-founded the Society of Christian soldiers for ransom of prisoners. From 1621 he was a military chaplain before he left in 1623 for the second time for two years in Rome. There, a doctorate in theology, he was awarded. 1625 Dembołęcki had held the office of Provincial of the Polish Province of the Franciscan Order in the short term, but refrained and related as Commissioner General for the release of Polish soldiers from the captivity of the Turkish wars. He also served as Guardian in Kamjanez - Podilskyj. A third trip to Rome from 1630 to 1632 joined in before he became a priest in Lviv.

Work

The compositional works preserved Dembołęckis comprises only a few works. Its historical significance attained it because it was built on the change of style of Polish music. At the beginning of the 17th century, this began the Italian influences to open up to, which is reflected in Dembołęckis music. Firstly, it was still the medieval music, especially Gregorian chant obliged, on the other hand she led innovate as the figured basso continuo. Much like his contemporary Mikołaj Zielenski he expanded the strict contrapuntal writing to diminutions and ornaments.

In addition to his musical work, he wrote historical and theological writings.