Józef Wybicki
Encyclopedia
Józef Rufin Wybicki was a Polish
general
, poet and political figure.
, and in 1797 he wrote Mazurek Dąbrowskiego (Dąbrowski's Mazurka
), which in 1927 was adopted as the Polish
national anthem
.
During the Kościuszko Uprising
, he was counselor of the Military Section in the Provisional Council of the Duchy of Masovia.
Fiction=
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
general
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
, poet and political figure.
Life
He was a close friend of General Jan Henryk DąbrowskiJan Henryk Dabrowski
-Biography:Dąbrowski was born to Jan Michal Dąbrowski and Sophie née von Lettow in Pierzchów, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth He grew up in Hoyerswerda, Electorate of Saxony, where his father served as a Colonel in the Saxon army...
, and in 1797 he wrote Mazurek Dąbrowskiego (Dąbrowski's Mazurka
Mazurka
The mazurka is a Polish folk dance in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo, and with accent on the third or second beat.-History:The folk origins of the mazurek are two other Polish musical forms—the slow machine...
), which in 1927 was adopted as the Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
national anthem
National anthem
A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
.
During the Kościuszko Uprising
Kosciuszko Uprising
The Kościuszko Uprising was an uprising against Imperial Russia and the Kingdom of Prussia led by Tadeusz Kościuszko in Poland, Belarus and Lithuania in 1794...
, he was counselor of the Military Section in the Provisional Council of the Duchy of Masovia.
Fiction=
- Michael Large, Song of the Legions, 2011, a novel about the origin of the Polish national anthem, ISBN 978-0-9568853-0-2.