Farewell to the Homeland

The polonaise Farewell to the Homeland (Pożegnanie Ojczyzny; Les adieux à la Patrie) in A minor is a composition for solo piano, commonly attributed to the Polish composer and politician Michał Kleofas Ogiński.

[2] Though the piece is commonly attributed to Ogiński, neither the autograph manuscript nor the piano publications during the composer's lifetime have survived or been found.

The Polish name Pożegnanie Ojczyzny and the French Les adieux à la Patrie only appeared in the 1860s, after the composer's death.

Ogiński's name appeared in the 1855 arrangement, edited by Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński and published by Rudolf Friedlein in Warsaw.

[2][3] Though Agnieszka Leszczyńska initially considered Kasper Napoleon Wysocki to be the real creator of this polonaise attributed to Michał Kleofas Ogiński, findings by Wojciech Gurgul revealed three earlier arrangements of Farewell to the Homeland, one in 1829, another in 1836, and one in 1837.