Oskar Zawisza

Oskar Zawisza
Born November 23, 1878
Jablunkov, Austrian Silesia
Died January 18, 1933 (aged 54)
Těrlicko, Czechoslovakia
Ethnicity Polish
Citizenship Austrian, Czechoslovak
Occupation Catholic priest, publicist
Religion Roman Catholicism

Oskar Zawisza (23 November 1878 in Jablunkov – 18 January 1933 in Těrlicko) was a Polish Catholic priest, composer and educational activist.

He was son of a teacher from Jablunkov. Zawisza finished German gymnasium in Bielsko and Theological faculty in Olomouc. He was a pupil of Czech composer Josef Nešvera. Zawisza was ordained as a priest on 23 July 1902. Then he became curate in Petrovice u Karviné, Dolní Bludovice, Niemiecka Lutynia, Strumień and Cieszyn. On 1 July 1911 he became a rector in Těrlicko.

He collaborated with Gwiazdka Cieszyńska and Zaranie Śląskie magazines. Zawisza conducted historical and etnographic research and wrote also several books: Dzieje Strumienia (History of Strumień), Dzieje Karwiny (History of Karwina) and Śpiewnik góralski (Highlander's songbook); and operas Dożynki, Święta Barbara and Czarne diamenty, symphonic poem Znad brzegów Olzy and symphony Z niwy śląskiej.

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