Robak, Tomasz2011-08-152011-08-152011Robak, Tomasz. "Stylistic and conceptual similarities in the psalm settings of Mikołaj Gomółka and Claude Goudimel." (2011) Rice University: <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/62280">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/62280</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/622801st prize winner of the Friends of Fondren Library Undergraduate Research Awards, 2011.Polish-language polyphonic music from the Renaissance has been largely ignored in English-language music historical literature. However, this repertory is of the highest quality and is comparable to the output of other Western European composers. Because this music deserves closer study, I explore and compare a portion of the output of Mikołaj Gomółka, a significant exponent of compositional trends in Renaissance Poland, and of Claude Goudimel, a more renowned French composer from the same period. Both of these composers wrote musical settings of vernacular translations of the Psalms of David. Through my study I find that historically, Gomółka’s compositional undertaking reflects many of the same religious and humanistic attitudes as Goudimel’s and that it is a further testament to the religious reform of the era. Furthermore, by examining several Psalm settings by these composers I also prove that Gomółka and Goudimel share many of the same masterful compositional techniques while preserving a distinctively original style.engThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.Research paper