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Henryk Wars - Several Remarks on the Composer

Author(s): Daniel Kiper
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Henryk Wars; composer; artist; music

Summary/Abstract: This paper is a brief contribution to the biography of Henryk Wars; a composer, jazzman, and pianist. He composed music to very well-known musical motives to pre-war films, such as I have a date with her at nine, Sex appeal. Wars continued his musical composition after the war in Hollywood, where he died in 1977. Aside to biographic elements the paper addresses the less known facts from his colourful lifetime. Undoubtedly, such is his composition in the area of classical music forms, and some casual remarks on the posthumous identification of the composer as a person rooted in Jewish culture. They may serve scholars to acquire a broader perception on the problem of identity of the Polish artists of Jewish descent in their post-war lives.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 31
  • Page Range: 225-232
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish
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