Dariusz Smolarek

Rev. Dr. Dariusz Smolarek SAC is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Religious Monody and Polyphony, Institute of Art Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. He has been active in academic roles since 2005 and also teaches church music at the Pallottine Major Seminary in Ołtarzew.

• PhD in History-Musicology (2006, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)
• MA in Musicology (1998, Catholic University of Lublin)
• Postgraduate Studies in Music Didactics (2000-2001, Fryderyk Chopin Academy of Music)
• Postgraduate Studies in Conducting (2004-2006, Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz)

His research focuses on:

• Historical and source-critical studies of Polish religious music (17th–19th centuries)
• Artistic patronage in ecclesiastical musical traditions
• Instrumental music in Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth monastic centers
• Post-Vatican II liturgical hymnography
• Manuscript analysis and attribution in religious music
• Musicological documentation (RISM projects)

Scientific activities include:

• Conducting source editions for RISM Series A/II
• Erasmus+ Scholarship for international musicological collaboration (2022)
• Leadership in the RISM Branch in Lublin (founded 2010)
• Membership in Association of Polish Church Musicians (2005–present)
• International Association of Music Libraries (IAML) member (2008–present)

His publications demonstrate engagement with:

• Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth musical centers (Dominican, Cistercian, Piarist)
• 17th–19th century instrumental and vocal repertoire
• Source-critical methodologies for religious music
• Liturgical reforms and their musical manifestations
• Composer biographies and attribution studies