Muzyka w Martwej Pasiece Jarosława Iwaszkiewicza

The article is another attempt to deal with the problem of so-called “musicality” of the story Martwa pasieka by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. The main question under discussion is how much the narrative of the story is connected with Sonata for solo piano by Igor Stravinsky. The proposed conclusions are based on the findings of Józef Opalski, who has noticed the general connection between the idea of the sonata and the story by the Polish writer, and Maria Woźniakiewicz-Dziadosz who superimposed the model of a sonata form and the type of twelve-tone music over the story. These research suggestions are a point of departure to the discussion on the literary way of realization of the musical method of “separate sounds” composition, connected by Iwaszkiewicz, in the foreword to the story, with the Russian composer’s sonata. The main subject of the study are literary strategies intended to make the narrative similar to the musical manner of composition.