Oskar Zawisza

Oskar Zawisza (23 November 1878 in Jablunkov18 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 ethnographic 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".