Oskar Zawisza (23 November 1878 – 18 January 1933) was a
Polish
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Catholic
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priest, composer and educational activist.
Biography
Zawisza was born on 23 November 1878 in
Jablunkov. He was son of a teacher from Jablunkov. Zawisza finished German
gymnasium in
Bielsko and
Theological faculty in
Olomouc. He was a pupil of Czech composer
Josef Nešvera
Josef Nešvera (24 October 1842 in Praskolesy - 12 April 1914 in Olomouc) was a Czech opera composer. The most successful of his five operas was ' ("Woodland Air") 1897.
Works, editions and recordings
* ''Psalm 129'', Op.49 published Novello 188 ...
. Zawisza was ordained as a priest on 23 July 1902. Then he became curate in
Petrovice u Karviné,
Dolnà Bludovice, Niemiecka Lutynia,
Strumień
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It is located in the north-eastern part of the hist ...
and
Cieszyn. On 1 July 1911 he became a rector in
Těrlicko
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Administrative parts
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.
He collaborated with ''
Gwiazdka Cieszyńska
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The magazin ...
'' and ''
Zaranie ÅšlÄ…skie
''Zaranie ÅšlÄ…skie'' (Polish for "Dawn of Silesia") was a Polish quarterly literary magazine devoted to the culture and history of Silesia. It was founded in 1907 by Ernest Farnik and published in Cieszyn.
It focused on the region of Cieszyn ...
'' magazines. Zawisza conducted historical and ethnographic research and wrote also several books: ''Dzieje Strumienia'' (''History of Strumień''), ''Dzieje Karwiny'' (''History of
Karviná'') and ''Śpiewnik góralski'' (''
Goral
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Etymology
The original ...
's songbook''); and operas ''Dożynki'', ''Święta Barbara'' and ''Czarne diamenty'', symphonic poem ''Znad brzegów Olzy'' and symphony ''Z niwy śląskiej''.
Zawisza died on 18 January 1933 in Těrlicko, at the age of 54.
Further reading
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* Kocych-Imielska, Maria (1989). ''Zapomniany historyk i ludoznawca''. In: Kalendarz Cieszyński 1990. Cieszyn, pp. 128–130.
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External links
Dzieje Strumieniaonline at Książnica Cieszyńska library
Ogólna historya Cierlickaonline at Książnica Cieszyńska library
1878 births
1933 deaths
People from Jablunkov
Polish people from Trans-Olza
Polish Roman Catholic priests
Polish Roman Catholics
Polish publicists
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