Sabała

Sabała in the costume of the podhalanie. He plays the slim fiddle złóbcoki belonging to the Slavic string instrument type husle .

Chałubińskis and Sabałas Monument in Zakopane

Sabała or Sabalik , actually Jan Krzeptowski (born August 26, 1809 in Kościelisko , † December 8, 1894 in Zakopane ) was a Polish musician , poet , mountaineer and mountain guide in the Tatra Mountains , whose biography bears legendary traits. After his death he became a symbol of Polish folk music.

Life

In his youth he is said to have been a robber, poacher and insurgent. After participating in the Chochołów uprising (1846), he was imprisoned by the Habsburgs for some time. He accompanied Tytus Chałubiński and Stanisław Witkiewicz on their mountain tours in the High Tatras . At an early age he began to compose songs in the style of Podhalanie folklore about the Tatras, which were very popular in his time. Witkiewicz called him the Homer of the Tatras . His music has influenced many Polish composers, such as Ignacy Jan Paderewski , Karol Szymanowski , Stanisław Mierczyński , Adolf Chybiński and Jan Kleczyński . Later he himself became the subject of poetry by other literary figures associated with the Podhale, such as Henryk Sienkiewicz ( Sabałowa bajka , 1884), Stanisław Witkiewicz ( Na przełęczy , 1891), Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer ( Legenda Tatr , 1910), Władysław Orkan ( Przez co Sabałałała omijał jarmark w Kieżmarku ), Jalu Kurek ( Księga Tatr , 1955) and Józef Kapeniak ( Ród Gąsieniców , 1954).

Sabała was buried in the Zakopane Memorial Cemetery . In 1903 a monument designed by Stanisław Witkiewicz was erected in Zakopane for him and Tytus Chałubiński . His birthplace, known as the Sabała Hut, is a listed building.

Zofia and Witold Henryk Paryski : Wielka encyklopedia Tatrzańska , Wydawnictwo Górskie, Poronin 1995, reprint 2004, hasło osobowe Klemens Bachleda (pp 42-44), ISBN 83-7104-009-1 , CD, Polish Scientific Publishers PWN, Warszawa 1999, ISBN 83-01-12853-4
Ivan Dieška a kolektív: Horolezectvo - encyklopédia , Wydawnictwo "Šport". Bratysława, 1986, ISBN 80-7096-015-9
Jalu Kurek , 1982, Księga Tatr , Kraków, ISBN 83-08-00595-0

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personal data
SURNAME	Sabała
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Sabalik; Krzeptowski, Jan (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Polish musician, poet, mountaineer and mountain guide in the Tatra Mountains
DATE OF BIRTH	August 26, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kościelisko
DATE OF DEATH	December 8, 1894
Place of death	Zakopane