Korla Awgust Kocor (3 December 1822 – 19 May 1904; german: Karl August Katzer) was a Sorbian composer and conductor. Kocor was born in Berge/Zahor near

Großpostwitz Großpostwitz (German) or Budestecy ( Upper Sorbian) is a municipality in the east of Saxony, Germany. It belongs to Bautzen district and lies south of the town of Bautzen. The municipality except Eulowitz is part of the recognized Sorbian sett ...

/Budestecy. He was the composer of the music of the

Lusatia Lusatia (german: Lausitz, pl, Łużyce, hsb, Łužica, dsb, Łužyca, cs, Lužice, la, Lusatia, rarely also referred to as Sorbia) is a historical region in Central Europe, split between Germany and Poland. Lusatia stretches from the Bóbr ...

n national anthem ''

Rjana Łužica "Rjana Łužica" (Lower Sorbian: ''Rědna Łužyca''; lit. “Beautiful Lusatia”) is the Sorbian national anthem. It was written by poet Handrij Zejler. The lyrics were firstly published on August 24, 1827, in the Leipzig magazine ''Serbska Now ...

''. He has been called the "founding father of secular Sorbian music."

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1822 births 1904 deaths People from Bautzen (district) German composers German conductors (music) German male conductors (music) Sorbian people Musicians from the Kingdom of Saxony 19th-century German musicians 19th-century German male musicians {{germany-conductor-stub