From Wacław Potocki’s Inedita: Siedm pieśni na siedm artykułów Modlitwy Pańskiej [Seven Songs for Seven Articles of the Lord’s Prayer] (Commented Critical Edition)

Abstract

This article presents a critical edition of the cycle Siedm pieśni na siedm artykułów Modlitwy Pańskiej [Seven Songs for Seven Articles of the Lord’s Prayer] by Wacław Potocki. Written most probably in the 1670s and certainly after 1677, the songs have survived in a single source: a manuscript codex held in the collection of the National Library of Poland (cat. no. 3047/III). This is the first time they have appeared in print. It was decided to reprint in the appendix also the previously unpublished Song XII of Potocki’s Pieśni nabożne [Pious Songs], in which Potocki once again alluded to the themes developed within the framework of the presented cycle.