U stóp pomników. Kantaty okolicznościowe ku czci Adama Mickiewicza i Juliusza Słowackiego

Monuments erected in honour of poets and cantatas dedicated to them are connected by the community dimension of the cult which they manifest. In the monuments erected from the mid-nineteenth century and onwards to commemorate Mickiewicz and Słowacki, we can observe a particular difference in the perception of both poets. The first is presented as a poet-prophet from the very beginning, the second receives such attributes only with time (at the end of the twentieth century). A similar phenomenon can be seen in cantatas’ libretti often composed and performed on the occasion of the unveiling of the monuments dedicated to the bards. Compositions in honour of Mickiewicz are quantitatively more numerous and more accurately define his status as a poetprophet, whereas Słowacki is deified in this genre rather as a poet, master of words.