Zygmunt Szweykowski (musicologist)

Zygmunt Marian Szweykowski (12 May 1929 – 3 August 2023) was a Polish academic and musicologist, who specialized in Renaissance and Baroque music.[1]

Zygmunt Szweykowski
Born
Zygmunt Marian Szweykowski

(1929-05-12)12 May 1929
Died3 August 2023(2023-08-03) (aged 94)
NationalityPolish
EducationUniversity of Poznań
Jagiellonian University
Occupation(s)Professor
Musicologist

Biography edit

Born in Kraków on 12 May 1929,[2] he was the son of Zygmunt Szweykowski, a literary historian, and Antonina Szweykowski, née Janiszewska.[3] He 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 in 1964. He received his habilitation degree in 1987 and became a professor in 1990.[2]

Zygmunt Szweykowski died on 3 August 2023, at the age of 94.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "prof. dr hab. Zygmunt Marian Szweykowski". National Information Processing Institute (in Polish).
  2. ^ a b Dziębowska, Elżbieta (2007). Encyklopedia muzyczna PWM : część biograficzna. Sm-Ś. T. 10 (in Polish). Kraków: PWM Edition. ISBN 978-83-224-0866-7.
  3. ^ Sobieraj, Tomasz; Ratajczak, Wiesław (2014). Polski Słownik Biograficzny, vol. 49 (in Polish). Warsaw/Kraków: Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History Polish Academy of Sciences. ISBN 978-83-63352-26-4.
  4. ^ Mika, Piotr (3 August 2023). "Zygmunt Marian Szweykowski (1929–2023)". Ruch Muzyczny (in Polish). Retrieved 14 August 2023.