Jan Nepomucen Bobrowicz

Jan Nepomucen (de) Bobrowicz (12 May 1805 – 2 November 1881) was a Polish virtuoso guitarist, composer, music editor, and publisher.

After a short career as a solo performer on the guitar, he worked as a secretary in the senate of Kraków.

From 1832, he worked as an editor for the music-publishing firm of Breitkopf & Härtel in Leipzig, Germany.

[2] The venture which brought him probably the most fame was the 4th–10th editions of the original classical genealogical and heraldic reference, Herbarz Polski (The Polish Armorial), by heraldist and author Kasper Niesiecki (1682–1744).

[4] Stylistically, he belongs to the Romantic era – one of the few substantial guitar composers of the time, comparable to Johann Kaspar Mertz.