 henryk wars (birth name warszawski, or warszowski) (29 december 1902, warsaw &ndash; 1 september 1977, california, usa) was a polish and later an american naturalized citizen pop music composer. he composed scores for 50 films during the interwar period in poland and 60 more in the united states. he composed dozens of hits for revue-theatres and films including miÅoÅÄ ci wszystko wybaczy (love will forgive you everything) sung by hanka ordonÃ³wna, umÃ³wiÅem siÄ z niÄ na dziewiÄtÄ (i have a date with her at nine) and sex appeal sung by eugeniusz bodo, ach, jak przyjemnie (ah, how lovely!) and juÅ¼ nie zapomnisz mnie (now, you will remember me) sung by aleksander Å»abczyÅski. == biography == 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 mÅynarski. he was a long-time music director for syrena rekord.fater, isaschar (1970). jewish music in poland between the two world wars, p. 296 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 zataÅczmy tango (let's dance a tango), composed in 1928 for stanisÅawa nowicka and eugeniusz bodo. he was hired as a pianist for the perskie oko theater and joined henryk gold's band. 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 lwÃ³w. recent recordings include ach, Åpij kochanie (ah, sleep my darling) by grzegorz turnau and others, as well as many performances of tylko we lwowie. in 2002, the song umÃ³wiÅem siÄ z niÄ na dziewiÄtÄ (i have a date with her at nine) appeared in the pianist directed by roman polaÅski. he composed his first film score for na sybir in 1930, after gaining fame as a conductor
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