Andrzej Hławiczka (3 May 1866 in
Dzięgielów
Dzięgielów is a village in Gmina Goleszów, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland, near the border with the Czech Republic. It lies in the Silesian Foothills and in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia.
Dzięgielów is one of ...
– 13 July 1914 in
Cieszyn) was a
Polish musicologist,
ethnographer, teacher and one of leaders of
spiritual revival of
Lutheran church
Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Catholic Church launched th ...
in
Cieszyn Silesia.
He was a son of a peasant. Andrzej Hławiczka attended a primary school in
Puńców
Puńców (german: Punzau) is a village in Gmina Goleszów, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, on the border with the Czech Republic. It has a population of 1,508 (2008).
The village lies in the Silesian Foothills and in the historica ...
and in 1886 graduated from a teachers' seminary in Cieszyn). He then taught in Protestant primary schools in
Ustroń and Cieszyn and also worked in several other schools. Hławiczka was also active in collecting information about musical life of Cieszyn Silesia, he collected also many folks songs. Hławiczka published articles about regional music and also several
song books.
Hławiczka was killed by his former student.
He was father of musicologist and composer
Karol Hławiczka; geographer Jan; and pastor Adam.
Song books
* ''Pieśni religijne'' (1904)
* ''Pieśni śląskie i towarzyskie'' (1905)
* ''Śpiewnik szkolny'' (vol. 1–3) (1901–1914)
1866 births
1914 deaths
People from Cieszyn County
Polish Lutherans
Polish musicologists
Polish educators
People from Austrian Silesia
People from Cieszyn Silesia
19th-century Lutherans
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