About Józef Pławiński
Lived 1853 – 1880 (aged 26–27). Józef Pławiński was a composer and politician.
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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Polish composer and socialist activist
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Józef Pławiński was born in 1853.
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Józef Pławiński died on 8 August 1880 in Mińsk Mazowiecki.
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Józef Pławiński was a composer and politician.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Józef Pławiński. https://biography.guide/jozef-plawinski/
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