| | Polish Music Journal 5.2.02 - Anderton: The Spirit of the Polonaise |
 | | Kosciuszko composed this piece while in the U.S. around 1777 and scored it for harpsichord; the original version was published in England in "Two Polonases and A Waltz, Bristol 1797). |
 | | During the November Uprising in 1830/31, the Polonaise, with added words by Rajnold Suchodolski (who died in the uprising), became popular among Polish patriots. |
 | | The issue of the Polish spelling of Chopin's name was widely discussed in Poland at the end of the 19th century and continued to be controversial through the 1930s, with the supporters of the change appealing to Chopin's exclusive "Polishness" as its reason. |
| www.usc.edu /dept/polish_music/PMJ/issue/5.2.02/polonaiseanderton.html (1837 words) |