Erinnerung an Danzig—kobiety w kulturze muzycznej Gdańska I poł. XX w. w świetle zbiorów PAN Biblioteki Gdańskiej

Abstract

ABSTRACT Erinnerung an Danzig—Women in the Musical Culture ofDanzig in the First Halfofthe 20th Century in the Polish Academy ofScienc-es Gdańsk Library Collection The pre-war musical culture in Gdańsk / Danzig developed mainly in the Gdańska, kultura muzyczna Gdańska environment of German-speaking Gdańsk residents. After World War II, traces of this musical life remained to a limited extent in the collections of the Polish Academy of Sciences in the Gdańsk Library. The preserved materials relating to the pre-war period, apart from books and scientific publications, include documents of everyday life, as well as scores. The testimonies of female musical activity in the city have survived to our times in these collections. In this article, I present the profiles of three women - composers, teachers and performers, who, in the light of the collected materials, can certainly be said to be significant figures in the pre-war musical and social life of Gdańsk. They are: Martha Re-incke, Ella Mertins and Lotte Prins. Their creativity and artistic activity fit into the wider historical perspective of the city, they are also an excellent contribution to the study of social moods for which musical culture was of fundamental importance.