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Published in 1794, Farewell to the Fatherland (Pożegnanie Ojczyzny) is a polonaise in A minor for solo piano, written by Michał Kleofas Ogiński on the occasion of his emigration to France after the failure of the Kościuszko Uprising (against Russia and Prussia) in Poland. One of the most famous Polish polonaises composed before those of Chopin, it has influenced other composers and has been rearranged for various instruments. This polonaise is the subject of the 1971 Soviet movie Oginski Polonaise, and is quite popular in countries of the former Soviet Union.
Michał Kleofas Ogiński (1765 - 1833) was a Polish composer, diplomat, politician, Lithuanian Grand Treasurer, and Russian senator. He composed about twenty polonaises, various piano pieces, mazurkas, marches, romances, waltzes, and the 1799 opera Zelis et Valcour.
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