Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz
- Birth Date:
- 12.05.1805
- Death date:
- 02.11.1881
- Extra names:
- Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz
- Categories:
- Composer, Guitarist, Independece fighter
- Nationality:
- pole
- Cemetery:
- Set cemetery
Jan Nepomucen de Bobrowicz (Kraków, 12 May 1805 – 2 November 1881) was a Polish virtuoso guitarist, composer, music editor and publisher. He has been called "the Chopin of guitar" by his contemporaries. Most of his guitar pieces are in the form of themes and variations.
He worked as an editor for the music-publishing firm of Breitkopf & Härtel. Later he ran his own publishing business. He was responsible for probably hundreds of titles, published mainly in Polish. The venture which probably brought him most fame, was when he was responsible for preparing a 4th–10th edition of the original classical genealogical and heraldic reference Herbarz Polski (Polish Armorial) by heraldist and author Kasper Niesiecki (1682–1744), volumes 4–10, the editions appeared in the years 1839–1846 by publisher Breitkopf & Härtel.
Selected works
- Variations on ‘La ci darem la mano’ from W. A. Mozart’s ‘Don giovanni’ op. 6;
- Variations on Ukrainian Song op. 7;
- Variations on An Original Theme op. 10;
- Introduction, Variations and Polonaise on a Tyrolese Theme op. 13;
- Variations on the Cavatine From ‘Zelmira’ by Gioacchino Rossini op. 16;
- Variations on a Favourite Waltz op. 18;
- Introduction and Variations on Polish Song “Ja ciebie nie zapomne” op. 20;
- Variations de Bravoure on ‘Oh! cara memoria’ by M. Caraffa op. 28
Source: wikipedia.org
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29.11.1830 | November Uprising
The November Uprising (1830–31), 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 Poland's military academy revolted, led by lieutenant Piotr Wysocki. They were soon joined by large segments of Polish society, and the insurrection spread to the territories of Lithuania, western Belarus, and the right-bank of Ukraine. Despite some local successes, the uprising was eventually crushed by a numerically superior Imperial Russian Army under Ivan Paskevich. Czar Nicholas I decreed that henceforth Poland was an integral part of Russia, with Warsaw little more than a military garrison, its university closed.