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Whirlwinds of Danger (original Polish title: Warszawianka) is a Polish socialist revolutionary song written some time between 1879 and 1883. [1] The Polish title, a deliberate reference to the earlier song by the same title, could be translated as either The Varsovian, The Song of Warsaw (as in the Leon Lishner version [2]) or "the lady of Warsaw".
Notes of Warszawianka, taken from Piosenki leguna tułacza. 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 [fr; pl] (great-uncle of novelist ...
"A las Barricadas" is sung to the tune of "Whirlwinds of Danger" ("Warszawianka"), composed by Józef Pławiński. The lyrics written by Valeriano Orobón Fernández in 1936 were partly based on the original Polish lyrics by Wacław Święcicki. [1]
The lyrics denounce the loyalist attitude of Polish magnates, noblemen and clergy during the failed November Uprising of 1830. The song was popular with members of Polish socialist and agrarian movements and became an anthem of the Polish People's Army during World War II. Warszawianka (The Song of Warsaw or Whirlwinds of Danger, 1905)
Warszawianka may refer to: Warszawianka (1831) , Polish patriotic song originally written in French as La Varsovienne in 1831 Whirlwinds of Danger or Warszawianka (1905), Polish revolutionary song originally written in Polish in 1879, popularized in Poland in 1905 and later in other countries
Józef Pławiński (born in 1853 or 1854, died on 8 August 1880) was a Polish composer and socialist activist.. He wrote the music to the popular Polish revolutionary song Whirlwinds of Danger (Warszawianka), to the lyrics written by Wacław Święcicki, later used in Spain as the melody of the Spanish Civil War song A las Barricadas
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Warszawianka, Polish patriotic song originally written in French as La Varsovienne; Whirlwinds of Danger or Warszawianka (1905), Polish revolutionary song originally written in Polish, later popular in France as La Varsovienne; See also. Varsovienne, Polish dance