Poland Is Not Yet Lost
The Dombrowski - march or Mazurek Dąbrowskiego ( [ mazurɛɡ dɔmbrɔfsk ʲ ɛɡɔ ], Dąbrowski Mazurka ') is the national anthem of the Republic of Poland, named after the Polish national hero Henryk Dabrowski January.
History of the song
Originally was the title "Song of the Polish Legions in Italy " ( Pieśń Legionów Polskich we Włoszech ). Józef Wybicki wrote the text in 1797 in the Italian city of Reggio Emilia. Initially, in 1798, the song was sung in all three parts of Poland, in 1830 and 1831 during November Uprising ( Powstanie listopadowe ), 1863 and 1864 in the January Uprising ( Powstanie styczniowe ), from the poles of emigration ( Wielka Emigracja ), in 1905 the Russian Revolution and in the First and Second World War.
The Mazurek Dąbrowskiego, has been translated and sung by poets who expressed their solidarity with the struggling Poles in 17 languages. In the Spring of Nations in 1848 Mazurek Dąbrowskiego was sung in the streets of Vienna, Berlin and Prague, where it enjoyed great popularity.
It served as a template ( melody and lyrics ) for the Slovak poet Samuel Tomasik, in 1834 the song " Hej! Slované " wrote. 1848 was the Slavic Congress held in Prague, where " Hey! Slované " was adopted as the anthem of all Slavs. But with variations in tempo and in the end - - National Anthem of Yugoslavia after 1945, the song also was.
Since February 26, 1927 Mazurek Dąbrowskiego is officially the national anthem of Poland. The text is slightly different from the original " Song of the Polish Legions in Italy " from.
In the Kashubian birthplace of the writer Józef Wybicki is located in Będomin (municipality Nowa Karczma ) the Muzeum Hymnu Narodowego. Open all year, the museum is a department of the National Museum, Gdansk.