Oskar Kolberg
Henryk Oskar Kolberg (22 February 1814 – 3 June 1890) was a Polish ethnographer, folklorist, and composer active in Partitioned Poland.
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Oskar Kolberg
anonymous (graphic from 1901 book) · Kujawsko-Pomorska Biblioteka Cyfrowa · Public domain
- Born
- 22 February 1814
- Birthplace
- Przysucha, Duchy of Warsaw
- Died
- 3 June 1890
- Place of death
- Kraków, Poland under Partitions
- Occupation
- Historian, ethnographer
- Movement
- Modernism
- Nationality
- Duchy of Warsaw · Congress Poland · Austria–Hungary
- Education
- Warsaw Lyceum
- Languages
- Polish
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Henryk Oskar Kolberg (22 February 1814 – 3 June 1890) was a Polish ethnographer, folklorist, and composer active in Partitioned Poland.
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Oskar Kolberg (1814–1890) was an anthropologist, composer and ethnographer, among other activities and a national of Austria–Hungary and Congress Poland. Born in Przysucha, the anthropologist died in Kraków.
Oskar Kolberg studied at Warsaw Lyceum. The anthropologist was a member of Polskie Towarzystwo Tatrzanskie and Towarzystwo Naukowe Krakowskie. Languages used include Polish.
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• Born — 22 February 1814 • Birthplace — Przysucha, Duchy of Warsaw • Died — 3 June 1890 • Place of death — Kraków, Poland under Partitions • Occupation — Historian, ethnographer • Genre — Ethnography, history, personal correspondence • Movement — Modernism • Language — Polish • Notable Works — Pieśni ludu polskiego (1900-03)
Life
Life
Kolberg was born in Przysucha, the son of the German Julius(z) Kolberg, a professor of the Warsaw University, and Fryderyka née Mercoeur, Warsaw-born while being of French descendance. His family's acquaintances included Samuel Linde, Nicolas (Mikołaj) Chopin (father of Frédéric Chopin), and Kazimierz Brodziński. • Illustration — Volume XXIII "Kaliskie", 1890 • Illustration — Grave of Oskar Kolberg at the Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków He is best known for his work titled Lud (re-published as Dzieła Wszystkie), a compilation of folk traditions from all the Polish regions. Between 1857–1890 he published 33 volumes, and after his death, a further 3 volumes were published. The compilation contains 12,000 folk songs, 1,250 folk tales, 670 fairy tales, 2,700 proverbs, 350 riddles, 15 folk spectacles and many other ethnographic documents. Ethnobotanist Maria Hempel supported Kolberg with his study of the Chełm region. Kolberg also compiled some ethnographic information on neighboring regions. He died in Kraków.
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Works
• Pieśni ludu polskiego (Songs of Polish Folklore) - vol. 1 (Supplement vol. 70) • Sandomierskie - vol. 2 (Supplement vol. 71) • Kujawy - vol. 3, 4 (Supplement in vol. 72) • Krakowskie – vol. 5 – 8 (Supplement part I in Vol. 73) • Poznańskie - vol. 9 – 15 (Supplement vol. 74) • Lubelskie - vol. 16, 17 (Supplement vol. 75) • Kieleckie – vol. 18, 19 (Supplement vol. 76) • Radomskie – vol. 20, 21 (Supplement part I of vol. 77) • Łęczyckie - vol. 22 (Supplement vol. 78) • Kaliskie - vol. 23 (Supplement vol. 79) • Mazowsze – vol. 24–28, 41-42 (Supplement vol. 80) • Pokucie – vol. 29–33 (Supplement vol. 81) • Chełmskie - part II of vol. 34 (Supplement vol. 82) • Przemyskie - vol. 35 (Supplement vol. 83) • Wołyń - vol. 36 (Supplement vol. 84) • Miscellanea - vol. 37 - 38 • Pomorze - vol. 39 • Mazury Pruskie - vol. 40 • Śląsk - vol. 43 • Góry i Podgórze - vol. 44, 45 • Kaliskie i Sieradzkie - vol. 46 • Podole - vol. 47 • Tarnowskie-Rzeszowskie - vol. 48 • Sanockie-Krośnieńskie - vol. 49-51 • Białoruś-Polesie - vol. 52 • Litwa - vol. 53 • Ruś Karpacka - vol. 54, 55 • Ruś Czerwona - vol. 56, 57 • Materiały do etnografii Słowian wschodnich - vol. 58 • Materiały do etnografii Słowian zachodnich i południowych cz.I Łużyce - vol. 59/I • Materiały do etnografii Słowian zachodnich i południowych cz.II Czechy, Słowacja - vol. 59/II • Materiały do etnografii Słowian zachodnich i południowych cz.III Słowiańszczyzna południowa - vol. 59/III • Przysłowia - vol. 60 • Pisma muzyczne - vol. 61-62 • Studia, rozprawy i artykuły - vol. 63 • Korespondencja Oskara Kolberga - vol. 64-66 • Pieśni i melodie ludowe w opracowaniu fortepianowym - vol. 67 • Kompozycje wokalno-instrumentalne - vol. 68 • Kompozycje fortepianowe - vol. 69 • Biografia Oskara Kolberga - vol. 85 • Indeksy - vol. 86
![Grafika Marii Apoleiki przedstawiająca bogienkę – istotę z polskiej ludowej demonologii – porywającą dziecko i zostawiającą na jego miejsce odmieńca. Grafika ilustruje tekst Oskara Kolberga o bogienkach z pracy Lud [...] Krakowskie, cz. 3, Kraków 1874](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Bogienka_%E2%80%93_brzyd%C5%BAka_pa%C5%82uba.jpg/800px-Bogienka_%E2%80%93_brzyd%C5%BAka_pa%C5%82uba.jpg)
Grafika Marii Apoleiki przedstawiająca bogienkę – istotę z polskiej ludowej demonologii – porywającą dziecko i zostawiającą na jego miejsce odmieńca. Grafika ilustruje tekst Oskara Kolberga o bogienkach z pracy Lud [...] Krakowskie, cz. 3, Kraków 1874
Maria Apoleika · Instytut Adama Mickiewicza – Projekt: Upiór
![Grafika Marii Apoleiki przedstawiająca bogienki – istoty z polskiej ludowej demonologii. Grafika ilustruje tekst Oskara Kolberga o bogienkach z pracy Lud [...] Krakowskie, cz. 3, Kraków 1874](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Bogienki_%E2%80%93_Ciacia%2C_%C5%81acia_oraz_%C5%81up-cup-cup_z_Pi%C5%84czowa.jpg/800px-Bogienki_%E2%80%93_Ciacia%2C_%C5%81acia_oraz_%C5%81up-cup-cup_z_Pi%C5%84czowa.jpg)
Grafika Marii Apoleiki przedstawiająca bogienki – istoty z polskiej ludowej demonologii. Grafika ilustruje tekst Oskara Kolberga o bogienkach z pracy Lud [...] Krakowskie, cz. 3, Kraków 1874
Maria Apoleika · Instytut Adama Mickiewicza – Projekt: Upiór
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1814
Oskar Kolberg born at Przysucha.
1890
Oskar Kolberg died at Kraków.
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- 1.Oskar Kolberg Institute homepage. Poland, 2014.
- 2.Millerowa, Elżbieta. Chełmskie. Suplement do tomu 33 i 34. Aneks do tomu 82. Instytut im. Oskara Kolberga. 2020. 978-83-945557-9-5.
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His recorded language was Polish. He was the child of Juliusz Kolberg. Recorded as anthropologist, composer, ethnographer and ethnologist.
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