culture The great Polish poet Cyprian Norwid, a descendant of Jan III Sobieski, dedicated to Józef Bem the poem Bema pamięci żałobny rapsod (Funeral Rhapsody in Memory of Bem), which was subsequently used by other artists including Zbigniew Herbert and Czesław Niemen. Since 1969 Czesław Niemen's Bema pamięci żałobny rapsod (Mourner's Rhapsody in Memory of Bem) became cult status in Central Europe and also beyond the Iron Curtain. In 1974 an English version was re-recorded with the help of Michał Urbaniak, John Abercrombie, Jan Hammer, Rick Laird and Don Grolnick, which was published worldwide by CBS Records International. In 1977 the Bema pamięci żałobny rapsod (Mourner's Rhapsody in Memory of Bem) intro from the 1970 initial issue was bootlegged by the West German rock band Jane as intro and reprise intro for the second side of their elegic Krautrock album Between Heaven and Hell also immediately achieving golden record status. Józef Bem's descendants are present mainly among artists and in music related business in Poland and in exile and include the jazz singer Ewa Bem and her brothers Aleksander Bem and the jazz guitarist Jarosław Bem. See also History of Poland Poland-Hungary relations References In turn, it gives the following references: Johann Czetz, Memoiren über Bems Feldzug (Hamburg, 1850) Kálmán Deresnyi, General Bem's Winter Campaign in Transylvania, 1848–1849 (Hung.), (Budapest, 1896). External links Sydney Morning Herald 1794 births 1850 deaths People from Tarnów Hungarian Revolution of 1848 Pashas Polish Muslims Military personnel of the Ottoman Empire People of the Revolutions of 1848 Polish engineers Polish generals Polish military writers 19th-century Polish nobility Recipients of the Gold Cross of the Virtuti Militari Converts to Islam from Christianity Generals of the November Uprising Hungarian people of Polish descent Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Polish generals in other armies Polish emigrants to the Ottoman Empire Polish military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars