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{{Short description|Polish composer (c. 1520–1560)}}
[[File:Wacław of Szamotuły.PNG|thumb|right|Imaginary 19th-century portrait of Szamotuły]]

'''Wacław z Szamotuł''' ([[Szamotuły]], near [[Poznań]], c. 1520 – c. 1560, [[Pińczów]]), also called '''Wacław Szamotulski''' and (in [[Latin]]) '''Venceslaus Samotulinus''', was a Polish composer.

==Life==
[[File:Wacław z Szamotuł -- Alleluja. Chwalcie Pana Boga.opus|thumb|"Alleluja. Chwalcie Pana Boga" by Wacław z Szamotuł performed by the [[Collegium Vocale Bydgoszcz]]]]

Wacław z Szamotuł was a student at the [[Lubrański Academy]] in [[Poznań]] later studying at [[Jagiellonian University|Kraków University]] in 1538. In 1547 or 1548 he was appointed composer to the court of [[Sigismund II Augustus]]. In 1555 Wacław left Kraków, having received the title of "royal composer." Nevertheless, during Szamotuly's lifetime his music was known outside of Poland.{{sfn|Reese|1959|p=748}}

He died early, and only a few of his works survive. In the words of [[Szymon Starowolski]], who wrote the first concise biography of Wacław, "If the gods had let him live longer, the Poles would have no need to envy the Italians their [[Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina|Palestrina]], [[:it:Pietro Lappi|Lappi]] or [[Lodovico Grossi da Viadana|Vedana]]."

His [[motet]]s ''In te Domine speravi'' and ''Ego sum pastor bonus'' were the first Polish musical compositions to be published abroad. According to [[Gustave Reese]], Wacław's style may be seen in both of these motets; "the constant overlapping of phrases and full-fledged imitative style reveal Franco-Netherlandish influence."{{sfn|Reese|1959|p=749}}

== Works ==
'''Motets''' '''(''Motety'')'''
* ''In te, Domine, speravi'' (published in [[Nuremberg]], 1554)
* ''Ego sum pastor bonus'' (published in [[Nuremberg]], 1564)
* ''Nunc scio vere''

'''Songs (''Pieśńi'')'''
* ''Alleluja, Chwalcie Pana Alleluia'' (''Laudate Dominum omnes gentes'' — Hallelujah, Praise the Lord)
* ''Nakłoń, Panie, ku mnie ucho Twoje'' (Turn Thy Ear to Me, O Lord)
* ''Kryste dniu naszej światłości'' (O Christ, Day of Our Light) — a [[Lenten]] [[compline]] [[hymn]] (c. 800)
* ''Błogosławiony człowiek'' (''Beatus vir, qui non abiit...'' — Blessed Is the Man)
* ''Modlitwa, gdy dziatki spać idą'' or ''Już się zmierzka'' (A Prayer When the Children Go To Sleep). This is perhaps his best-known composition. [[Henryk Górecki]] (born 1933) has used this beautiful [[Renaissance]] melody in at least three compositions: ''Chorale in the Form of a Canon'' (1961/1984), ''Old Polish Music'' (1969), and the ''First String Quartet'' (1988), subtitled ''Już się zmierzcha'' (Dusk is Approaching).
* ''Pieśń o narodzeniu Pańskim'' or ''Pochwalmyż wszytcy społem'' (Song of the Nativity)
* ''Powszechna spowiedź'' (Daily Confession). This composition has a [[Homophony|homophonic]] texture, meaning that essentially all the notes occur at the same time, as contrasted with [[imitative polyphony]].

===Editions===
* {{cite book |editor-last=Szweykowski |editor-first=Zygmunt |editor-link1=Zygmunt Szweykowski (musicologist) |others=interpretation indications by [[Stanislaw Wiechowicz]] |year=1956 |title=Waclaw Z Szamotul (d. c. 1560): Songs for 4-v cappella |edition=Editions of Early Polish Music |volume=28 |publisher=[[PWM Edition]] |location=Kraków |oclc= |ref=no }}

==References==
===Citations===
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===Sources===
*{{Cite book|title=Music in the Renaissance|authorlink=Gustave Reese|first=Gustave|last=Reese|year=1959|publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]]|lccn=59012879|url=https://archive.org/details/musicinrenaissan00rees|url-access=registration}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite journal |last=Szweykowski |first=Zygmunt |author-link1=Zygmunt Szweykowski (musicologist) |last2=Szweykowska |first2=Anna |date=1964 |title=Wacław z Szamotuł, renesansowy muzyk i poeta |trans-title='Wacław of Szamotuł, Renaissance musician and poet |journal={{ill|Muzyka (kwartalnik)|pl|lt=Muzyka}} |language=Polish |volume=9 |issue=1–2 |pages=3–28 }}

==External links==
* [https://polona.pl/search/?query=Wac%C5%82aw_z_Szamotu%C5%82&filters=creator:%22Wac%C5%82aw_z_Szamotu%C5%82_(ok_1524--ok_1560)%22,creator:%22Wac%C5%82aw_z_Szamotu%C5%82_(ca_1526--1560)%22,public:1,hasTextContent:0 Scores by Wacław of Szamotuły in National Digital Library of Poland (Polona)]

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[[Category:Jagiellonian University alumni]]
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