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 o ...

– 13 July 1914 in

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) was a

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, teacher and one of leaders of spiritual revival of

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. He was a son of a peasant. Andrzej Hławiczka attended a primary school in

Puńców Puńców is a village in Gmina Goleszów, Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, on the border with the Czech Republic. The village lies in the Silesian Foothills and in the historical region of Cieszyn Silesia. The name is probably of pos ...

and in 1886 graduated from a teachers' seminary in Cieszyn). He then taught in Protestant primary schools in

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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

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s. Hławiczka was killed by his former student. He was father of musicologist and composer

Karol Hławiczka Karol Hławiczka (14 February 1894 – 22 July 1976) was a Polish composer, pianist, teacher and Chopinologist. Biography Hławiczka was born on 14 February 1894 in Ustroń to Andrzej Hławiczka, a teacher and musicologist. His family later rel ...

; 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 {{Poland-academic-bio-stub