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Henryk Wars

November 02, 2023

Henryk Wars (born Henryk Warszawski, after 1947 Henry Vars; 29 December 1902 – 1 September 1977) was a Polish composer. He composed scores for 50 films during the interwar period in Poland and 60 more in the United States.

Henryk Wars
Wars in 1944
Born
Henryk Warszawski

29 December 1902 (1902-12-29)
Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died1 September 1977 (1977-10) (aged 74)
California, United States
Other namesHenry Vars

He composed dozens of hits for revue-theatres and films including Miłość ci wszystko wybaczy (Love Will Forgive You Everything) sung by Hanka Ordonówna, Umówiłem się z nią na dziewiątą (I Have a Date with Her at Nine) and Sex Appeal sung by Eugeniusz Bodo, Ach, jak przyjemnie (Ah, How Lovely!) and Już nie zapomnisz mnie (Now, You Will Remember Me) sung by Aleksander Żabczyński.[1]

Wars also composed a symphony, now obscure though available on the Internet,[2] as is his Piano Concerto of 1950. After emigrating to the United States in 1947, he changed his name to Henry Vars. He was a friend of John Wayne.[3]

Biography edit

Wars was born to a Jewish musical family in the Russian partition of Poland. He began studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, but soon obtained a scholarship to the Music Conservatory in Warsaw, from which he graduated in 1925, having studied composition with Professor Roman Statkowski and Emil Młynarski. He was a long-time music director for Syrena Rekord.[4] In 1927 he composed a song called New York Times ("I do nothing all day but read the New York Times") that was sung in the Karuzela (Merry-Go-Round) Theatre by Tadeusz Olsza and recorded by Henryk Gold's Orchestra for Syrena Rekord. His first big hit, though, was Zatańczmy tango (Let's Dance a Tango), composed in 1928 for Stanisława Nowicka and Eugeniusz Bodo. He was hired as a pianist for the Morskie Oko theater and joined Henryk Gold's band.[1]

During the 1930s, he composed songs for a string of musical comedies in Poland, and his importance there is comparable to that of Irving Berlin in America. His melodies from this period (along with those of Jerzy Petersburski and Zygmunt Wiehler) are still quite popular in Poland to this day, with his most popular songs often associated with pre-war Lwów. Recent recordings include Ach, śpij kochanie (Ah, Sleep My Darling) by Grzegorz Turnau and others, as well as many performances of Tylko we Lwowie. In 2002, the song Umówiłem się z nią na dziewiątą (I have a date with her at nine) appeared in The Pianist directed by Roman Polański.

He composed his first film score for Na Sybir in 1930, after gaining fame as a conductor and performer at various Warsaw cabarets and theaters including Morskie Oko, Hollywood, and Wielka Rewia. He composed scores for Paweł i Gaweł, Szpieg w masce (A Masked Spy), Piętro wyżej (Neighbors), and Zapomniana melodia (A Forgotten Melody) films. He was the pioneer of swing music in Poland."[1]

Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, he was drafted into the Polish Army and served in the defense of Poland in 1939. He was taken prisoner of war by the German army but managed to escape from a stopped train. He organized the big band Tea-Jazz in Soviet-occupied Lwów in 1940. He composed his first symphony at this time. In late 1941, he and his musicians joined the Polish II Corps of General Anders as part of the Polska Parada cabaret. After being demobilized from the army in 1947, he emigrated to the US.[4]

In the US, he changed his name to Henry Vars and after a period of struggling and poverty, managed to resume his musical career. He was John Wayne's friend.[3] His songs were sung by such well-known stars as Margaret Whiting, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Brenda Lee and Dinah Shore. He composed the score and the title song for the Flipper movie and television series, as well as Daktari. He also composed score for the 1956 western film Gun the Man Down.

Concert Music edit

Songs edit

Pre-World War II songs edit

Wartime songs edit

From Piosenki z plecaka Helenki. See external link below.

  • Polacy, do broni
  • Może dzień ... może rok
  • Po mlecznej drodze
  • Ochotniczki
  • Malowane usta
  • Za pięć dwunasta
  • Gdzie najlepiej
  • Ochotniczka Helenka

Selected filmography (soundtrack) edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Henryk Wars bio in notes". YouTube.[dead YouTube link]
  2. ^ collectionCB2 (2012-10-03), Henryk Wars (1902-1977) : Symphony No. 1 (c. 1940) **MUST HEAR**, archived from the original on 2021-12-22, retrieved 2016-09-25
  3. ^ a b . Archived from the original on 2012-03-11.
  4. ^ a b Fater, Isaschar (1970). Jewish Music in Poland between the Two World Wars, p. 296
  5. ^ "Tylko ty (youtube)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22.

External links edit

  • Henryk Wars at IMDb
  • Takie coś on YouTube lyrics by Emanuel Schlechter, sung by Tadeusz Olsza
  • Lyrics in Polish with Lwów accent for Dobranoc, oczka zmruż, Serce batiara, My dwaj, obacwaj, and Tylko we Lwowie. Any actual performance may vary significantly from these words.
  • book by Feliks Konarski (alias REF-REN), Rome, 1946; in Polish.
  • by Linda Schubert in Polish Music Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1.
  • "Swiss passport to Siberia" by Diana Poskuta-Włodek in Nowy Dziennik, New York, 23 July 2004; in Polish.
  • Polish Tangos: The Unique Inter-War Soundtrack to Poland’s Independence
  • When Henryk Wars took on Hollywood

November 02, 2023
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Henryk Wars born Henryk Warszawski after 1947 Henry Vars 29 December 1902 1 September 1977 was a Polish composer He composed scores for 50 films during the interwar period in Poland and 60 more in the United States Henryk WarsWars in 1944BornHenryk Warszawski29 December 1902 1902 12 29 Warsaw Congress Poland Russian EmpireDied1 September 1977 1977 10 aged 74 California United StatesOther namesHenry VarsHe composed dozens of hits for revue theatres and films including Milosc ci wszystko wybaczy Love Will Forgive You Everything sung by Hanka Ordonowna Umowilem sie z nia na dziewiata I Have a Date with Her at Nine and Sex Appeal sung by Eugeniusz Bodo Ach jak przyjemnie Ah How Lovely and Juz nie zapomnisz mnie Now You Will Remember Me sung by Aleksander Zabczynski 1 Wars also composed a symphony now obscure though available on the Internet 2 as is his Piano Concerto of 1950 After emigrating to the United States in 1947 he changed his name to Henry Vars He was a friend of John Wayne 3 Contents 1 Biography 2 Concert Music 3 Songs 3 1 Pre World War II songs 3 2 Wartime songs 4 Selected filmography soundtrack 5 References 6 External linksBiography editWars was born to a Jewish musical family in the Russian partition of Poland He began studies at the Academy of Fine Arts but soon obtained a scholarship to the Music Conservatory in Warsaw from which he graduated in 1925 having studied composition with Professor Roman Statkowski and Emil Mlynarski He was a long time music director for Syrena Rekord 4 In 1927 he composed a song called New York Times I do nothing all day but read the New York Times that was sung in the Karuzela Merry Go Round Theatre by Tadeusz Olsza and recorded by Henryk Gold s Orchestra for Syrena Rekord His first big hit though was Zatanczmy tango Let s Dance a Tango composed in 1928 for Stanislawa Nowicka and Eugeniusz Bodo He was hired as a pianist for the Morskie Oko theater and joined Henryk Gold s band 1 During the 1930s he composed songs for a string of musical comedies in Poland and his importance there is comparable to that of Irving Berlin in America His melodies from this period along with those of Jerzy Petersburski and Zygmunt Wiehler are still quite popular in Poland to this day with his most popular songs often associated with pre war Lwow Recent recordings include Ach spij kochanie Ah Sleep My Darling by Grzegorz Turnau and others as well as many performances of Tylko we Lwowie In 2002 the song Umowilem sie z nia na dziewiata I have a date with her at nine appeared in The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski He composed his first film score for Na Sybir in 1930 after gaining fame as a conductor and performer at various Warsaw cabarets and theaters including Morskie Oko Hollywood andWielka Rewia He composed scores forPawel i Gawel Szpieg w masce A Masked Spy Pietro wyzej Neighbors andZapomniana melodia A Forgotten Melody films He was the pioneer of swing music in Poland 1 Shortly before the outbreak of World War II he was drafted into the Polish Army and served in the defense of Poland in 1939 He was taken prisoner of war by the German army but managed to escape from a stopped train He organized the big band Tea Jazz in Soviet occupied Lwow in 1940 He composed his first symphony at this time In late 1941 he and his musicians joined the Polish II Corps of General Anders as part of the Polska Parada cabaret After being demobilized from the army in 1947 he emigrated to the US 4 In the US he changed his name to Henry Vars and after a period of struggling and poverty managed to resume his musical career He was John Wayne s friend 3 His songs were sung by such well known stars as Margaret Whiting Bing Crosby Doris Day Brenda Lee and Dinah Shore He composed the score and the title song for the Flipper movie and television series as well as Daktari He also composed score for the 1956 western film Gun the Man Down Concert Music editSymphony No 1 1949 Concerto for Piano and Orchestra 1950 City Sketches 1951 Songs editPre World War II songs edit A mnie w to graj words by Jerzy Jurandot movie Bolek i Lolek sung by Adolf Dymsza A u mnie siup a u mnie cyk words by Emanuel Szlechter sung by Adolf Dymsza Ach jak przyjemnie words by Ludwik Starski movie Zapomniana melodia from 1938 sung by Adam Aston later by Irena Santor Ach spij kochanie words by Ludwik Starski movie Pawel i Gawel from 1938 sung by Eugeniusz Bodo and Adolf Dymsza Bedzie lepiej words by Emanuel Szlechter movie Bedzie lepiej from 1936 Co ja zrobie ze mnie sie podobasz words by Jerzy Jurandot movie Papa sie zeni 1936 sung by Zbigniew Rakowiecki and Lidia Wysocka Dobranoc oczka zmruz words by Emanuel Szlechter movie Wloczegi from 1939 sung by Szczepko and Tonko also known as Kolysanka Tonka Ewelina words by Jerzy Jurandot movie Papa sie zeni 1936 sung by Mira Ziminska Jak pani sie ten pan podoba words by Andrzej Wlast sung by Krystyna Paczewska Jak za dawnych lat words by Andrzej Wlast or Jerzy Jurandot sung by Stefan Witas Juz nie moge dluzej kryc words by Jerzy Jurandot movie Pani minister tanczy from 1937 sung by Tola Mankiewiczowna and Aleksander Zabczynski Juz nie zapomnisz mnie words by Ludwik Starski movie Zapomniana melodia from 1938 sung by Aleksander Zabczynski Juz taki jestem zimny dran words by Jerzy Nel and Ludwik Starski movie Piesniarz Warszawy from 1934 sung by Eugeniusz Bodo Kocha lubi szanuje words by Konrad Tom Emanuel Szlechter movie Kocha lubi szanuje sung by Mieczyslaw Fogg later by Irena Santor Kocham words by J Roland movie Bezimienni bohaterowie from 1931 Malenka Jenny words by J Roland movie Glos pustyni from 1932 sung by Mieczyslaw Fogg Milosc ci wszystko wybaczy words by Julian Tuwim movie Szpieg w masce from 1933 sung by Hanka Ordonowna My dwaj obacwaj words by Emanuel Szlechter movie Bedzie lepiej from 1936 sung by Szczepko and Tonko Na czesc mlodosci words by Ludwik Starski movie Sportowiec mimo woli from 1939 Na pierwszy znak words by Julian Tuwim movie Szpieg w masce from 1933 sung by Hanka Ordonowna New York Times from 1928 sung by Tadeusz Olsza and Eugeniusz Koszutski Nic o Tobie nie wiem words by Konrad Tom and Emanuel Szlechter movie Wloczegi from 1939 sung by Andrzej Bogucki and Zbyszko Runowiecki Nic takiego words by Marian Hemar movie ABC milosci from 1935 sung by Kazimierz Krukowski and Adolf Dymsza O Key words by Konrad Tom and Emanuel Szlechter movie Czy Lucyna to dziewczyna from 1934 sung by Eugeniusz Bodo and Jadwiga Smosarska On nie powroci juz words by Andrzej Wlast sung by Chor Dana Panie Janie w stylu jazz words by Ludwik Starski movie Zapomniana melodia from 1938 Piosenka o zagubionym sercu words by A M Swiniarski movie Pan minister i dessous sung by Hanka Ordonowna Plomienne serca words by Marian Hemar movie Na Sybir from 1930 sung by Tadeusz Faliszewski Reformy pani minister words by Jerzy Jurandot movie Pani minister tanczy from 1937 sung by Tola Mankiewiczowna Serce Batiara words by Emanuel Szlechter movie Serce Batiara for 1939 release but all copies lost Sexapil words by Emanuel Szlechter movie Pietro wyzej from 1937 sung by Eugeniusz Bodo Szczescie raz sie usmiecha words by Julian Tuwim movie Pan minister i dessous sung by Hanka Ordonowna Tak cudnie mi words by Jerzy Jurandot movie Pani minister tanczy from 1937 sung by Tola Mankiewiczowna and Aleksander Zabczynski Tyle milosci words by Konrad Tom movie Jego ekscelencja subiekt from 1933 sung by Eugeniusz Bodo Tylko Ty words by Aleksander Jellyn 5 Tylko we Lwowie words by Emanuel Szlechter movie Wloczegi from 1939 sung by Szczepcio and Tonko Tylko z Toba i dla Ciebie words by Ludwik Starski and Jerzy Nel movie Piesniarz Warszawy from 1934 sung by Eugeniusz Bodo Umowilem sie z nia na dziewiata words by Emanuel Szlechter movie Pietro wyzej from 1937 sung by Eugeniusz Bodo W hawajska noc words by Konrad Tom and Emanuel Szlechter movie Czarna perla sung by Eugeniusz Bodo and later by Irena Santor Zakochany zlodziej words by Emanuel Szlechter and Ludwik Starski Zapomnisz o mnie words by Andrzej Wlast sung by Tadeusz Faliszewski Zatanczmy tango words by Andrzej Wlast Zlociste wloski words by Konrad Tom movie Jego ekscelencja subiekt from 1933 sung by Eugeniusz Bodo Zrob to tak words by Ludwik Starski and Jerzy Nel movie Piesniarz Warszawy sung by Eugeniusz Bodo Wartime songs edit From Piosenki z plecaka Helenki See external link below Polacy do broni Moze dzien moze rok Po mlecznej drodze Ochotniczki Malowane usta Za piec dwunasta Gdzie najlepiej Ochotniczka HelenkaSelected filmography soundtrack editExile to Siberia 1930 Jego ekscelencja subiekt 1933 Piesniarz Warszawy 1934 ABC milosci 1935 Bedzie lepiej 1936 Bolek i Lolek 1936 Papa sie zeni 1936 Znachor 1937 Neighbors 1937 Robert and Bertram 1938 Ostatnia brygada 1938 Wloczegi 1939 Wielka droga 1946 Chained for Life 1951 The Big Heat 1953 Seven Men From Now 1956 The Unearthly 1957 China Doll 1958 The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come 1961 Battle at Bloody Beach 1961 House of the Damned 1963 Flipper 1963 Flipper s New Adventure 1964 Fools Parade 1971 References edit a b c Henryk Wars bio in notes YouTube dead YouTube link collectionCB2 2012 10 03 Henryk Wars 1902 1977 Symphony No 1 c 1940 MUST HEAR archived from the original on 2021 12 22 retrieved 2016 09 25 a b East Silver Archived from the original on 2012 03 11 a b Fater Isaschar 1970 Jewish Music in Poland between the Two World Wars p 296 Tylko ty youtube YouTube Archived from the original on 2021 12 22 External links editHenryk Wars at IMDb Takie cos on YouTube lyrics by Emanuel Schlechter sung by Tadeusz Olsza Lwowskie Piosenki Lyrics in Polish with Lwow accent for Dobranoc oczka zmruz Serce batiara My dwaj obacwaj and Tylko we Lwowie Any actual performance may vary significantly from these words Piosenki z plecaka Helenki book by Feliks Konarski alias REF REN Rome 1946 in Polish Film Scores of Henry Vars in the United States An Overview by Linda Schubert in Polish Music Journal Vol 4 No 1 Szwajcarski paszport na Sybir Swiss passport to Siberia by Diana Poskuta Wlodek in Nowy Dziennik New York 23 July 2004 in Polish Polish Tangos The Unique Inter War Soundtrack to Poland s Independence When Henryk Wars took on Hollywood Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henryk Wars amp oldid 1168387584, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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