Warszawianka 1831 roku
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Warszawianka 1831 roku, La Varsovienne (The Song of Warsaw 1831) written by Casimir François Delavigne
, music by Karol Kurpiński
.
The song was written in support of the November Uprising
of 1830-1831. The French poet Casimir Delavigne
was fascinated and inspired by the news of the uprising making its way to Paris and wrote the words, which were translated into Polish by the historian, journalist, and poet Karol Sienkiewicz (great uncle of Henryk Sienkiewicz
).
The song is sometimes confused with a later (1905) Polish revolutionary song of the same name (Warszawianka 1905 roku), which had its music used for the 1936 Spanish Anarchist song "To the Barricades
".
Casimir Delavigne
Jean-François Casimir Delavigne was a French poet and dramatist.-Biography:Delavigne was born at Le Havre, but was sent to Paris to be educated at the Lycée Napoleon. He read extensively...
, music by Karol Kurpiński
Karol Kurpinski
Karol Kazimierz Kurpiński was a Polish composer, conductor and pedagogue.Karol began his studies under his father, Marcin Kurpiński, an organist. At the age of 12, he became organist at a church in Sarnowa near Rawicz, where his uncle Karol Wański was a parish priest...
.
The song was written in support of the November Uprising
November Uprising
The November Uprising , Polish–Russian War 1830–31 also known as the Cadet Revolution, was an armed rebellion in the heartland of partitioned Poland against the Russian Empire. The uprising began on 29 November 1830 in Warsaw when the young Polish officers from the local Army of the Congress...
of 1830-1831. The French poet Casimir Delavigne
Casimir Delavigne
Jean-François Casimir Delavigne was a French poet and dramatist.-Biography:Delavigne was born at Le Havre, but was sent to Paris to be educated at the Lycée Napoleon. He read extensively...
was fascinated and inspired by the news of the uprising making its way to Paris and wrote the words, which were translated into Polish by the historian, journalist, and poet Karol Sienkiewicz (great uncle of Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Sienkiewicz
Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz was a Polish journalist and Nobel Prize-winning novelist. A Polish szlachcic of the Oszyk coat of arms, he was one of the most popular Polish writers at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1905 for his...
).
The song is sometimes confused with a later (1905) Polish revolutionary song of the same name (Warszawianka 1905 roku), which had its music used for the 1936 Spanish Anarchist song "To the Barricades
To The Barricades
A las Barricadas was one of the most popular songs of the Spanish anarchists during the Spanish Civil War. A las Barricadas is sung to the tune of Warszawianka 1905...
".
External links
- http://www.prato.linux.it/~lmasetti/antiwarsongs/canzone.php?lang=en&id=4323