Personal and Musical Ties of the Parish Priest Antoni Hlond (Chlondowski) SDB with Slovenia

Abstract

The hymn Pan zstąpił z nieba is known by many Poles. It’s author, Anthony Hlond vel Hlondowski, is consociated by very few. His three brothers: Ignacy, Augustyn and Klemens, besides him, joined Societas Don Bosco. The Anthony’s personage should be presented because of his achievements as music composer (religious as far as secular), music teacher, author of manuals and founder of Societas Don Bosco’s Organists’ School in Przemyśl. Anthony is well known by Slovenes, because of his studies, sacerdotal ordination and work done in this beautiful country. He also composed many valuables works, which are qualified as Slovenian musical patrimony. His exceptional invention bearded fruit in hymns, being cherished as far as the richest part of all his work. Many of Slovenian Catholics also know the hymn “Gospod je prišel iz nebes”.

Keywords

• anthony hlond (chlondowski)
• composer
• societas don bosco’s organists’school
• radna
• lubljana