TY - JOUR N2 - This article examines some aspects of a broader theme indicated in the title with respect to the diptych Tyrtaeus: A Tragedy and Behind the Scenes: A Fantastic Tale. While the present analysis is based on the fi ndings of earlier critics, it develops various parallels suggested by the use of musical motifs in Norwid’s twin dramas. Those associations act as an aid to a better understanding of the differences between the attitudes and ideas presented in the plays. Moreover, by indirectly marking the contrasts of truth and falsehood, they hold the key to the moral interpretation of the plays. The overall pattern of the musical references and associations in Tyrtaeus and Behind the Scenes appears to refl ect Norwid’s organic philosophy and his idea of creative originality. Finally, the purported pushing of Tyrtaeus off a cliff, an episode symbolizing the rejection of the right path, is analyzed along two similar poetic images of Norwid’s, Aesop’s fall into an abyss (On Freedom of Speech) and the hurling of Chopin’s piano out of the window (‘Chopin’s Piano’). L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/106957/PDF/RL%201-18%203-B.Luczak.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/106957 PY - 2018 IS - No 1 (346) DO - 10.24425/122691 KW - muzyka KW - chór KW - orkiestra KW - takt KW - instrument muzyczny KW - prawda A1 - Łuczak, Bartłomiej PB - Polska Akademia Nauk Oddział w Krakowie Komisja Historycznoliteracka PB - Uniwersytet Jagielloński Wydział Polonistyki DA - 2018.07.10 T1 - Motywy muzyczne w dyptyku dramatycznym „Tyrtej. Tragedia– Za kulisami. Fantazja” UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/106957 T2 - Ruch Literacki ER -