Anna German
{{Infobox musical artist |name = Anna German
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|caption = Cemetery of the Evangelical Reformed Church in Warsaw |background = solo_singer |birth_name = Anna Yevgenyevna German
(Russian: Анна Евгеньевна Герман) |alias = |birth_date = February 14, 1936 |birth_place = Urgench, Uzbekistan |death_date = August 26, 1982 (aged 46) |death_place = Warsaw, Poland |genre = sung poetry, torch song |instrument = vocals |occupation = singer, actress, composer |years_active = 1960–1982 |associated_acts = |label = |website = }} Anna Viktoria German (February 14, 1936 – August 26, 1982) was a popular Soviet-born Polish singer of German/Dutch origin.
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[edit] Biography
Anna German was born in Urgench, a city with a 22-thousand population in northwestern Uzbekistan, USSR. Her mother, Irma Martens, was the descendent of Dutch Mennonites invited to Russia by Catherine II. Her father, Eugeniusz Hörmann, was an accountant of German descent, born in Łódź, Poland. In 1937 he was executed by the NKVD in Urgench on the charges of spying. Anna and her mother were deported to Kyrgyzstan.
In 1946 she with her mother, who married a Armia Ludowa officer, settled in Nowa Ruda, before moving to Wrocław in 1949.
Anna graduated from the Geological Institute of Wroclaw University. During her university years, she began her music career at the Kalambur theater. Anna finally became successful when she won the 1964 II Festival of Polish Songs in Opole with her song Tańczące Eurydyki. One year later, she placed first in the international song contest in Sopot. She was invited to perform in Italy in the prestigious Sanremo Music Festival in 1967. In Italy Anna German survived a hard car crash, and fully came back to the stage only in 1972, after a long rehabilitation period.
On March 23, 1972, she married Zbigniew Tucholski. They were both members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. On November 27, 1975 their son, Zbigniew, was born.
Anna performed in the Marché international de l'édition musicale in Cannes, as well as on the stages of Belgium, Germany, USA, Canada and Australia. In the last years of her life she composed some church songs. She died in 1982 from cancer and was buried in Warsaw.
Anna German was immensely popular in Poland and in the Soviet Union. She released over a dozen music albums with songs in Polish, as well as several albums with Russian repertoire. She also sang in English, Italian, Spanish, Latin, and German. In 2001 six of her Polish albums were reprinted on CDs. In recent years many compilation albums of her songs have also been released in both Russia and Poland.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Na tamten brzeg (1964)
- Tańczące Eurydyki (1965)
- Recital piosenek (1967)
- I classici della musica napoletana (1967)
- Człowieczy los (1970)
- Domenico Scarlatti - Arie z opery Tetida in Sciro (1971)
- Wiatr mieszka w dzikich topolach (1972)
- To chyba maj (1974)
- Anna German (1977)
- Anna German (1979)
- Pomysl o mnie (1979)
- Tylko w tangu/Dookola kipi lato (1979)
- Śpiewa Anna German (1979)
- Надежда (Nadezhda, 1980)
- Последняя встреча (Poslednyaya vstrecha, 1982)
[edit] Singles
- "The Man I Love" (1964)
[edit] Later reprints and compilation albums
- 1984 Jesteś moja miłością LP
- 1987 Эхо любви (Echo lubvi) - live '79 LP
- 1989 Anna German LP
- 1989 Znaki zapytania LP
- 1990 Powracające słowa vol. 1 LP
- 1990 Powracające słowa vol. 2 LP
- 1991 Zakwitnę różą CD
- 1991 Recital piosenek CD
- 1994 Nasza ścieżka CD
- 1994 Złote przeboje neapolitanskie MC
- 1995 Planeta Anna part 1 MC
- 1995 Planeta Anna part 2 MC
- 1996 Незабытый мотив (Nezabitiy motiv) CD
- 1996 Лучшие песни (Luchshie pesni) CD
- 1998 Когда цвели сады (Kogda tsveli sadi) CD
- 1998 Wiatr mieszka w dzikich topolach CD
- 1999 Tańczące Eurydyki CD
- 1999 Platynowa kolekcja CD
- 1999 Złote przeboje CD
- 1999 Bal u Posejdona (Złota kolekcja) CD
- 1999 Антология советского шлягера (Antologia sovetskogo shlagera) MC
- 2000 Анна Герман. Российская эстрадная музыкальная энциклопедия (Rossiyskaya estradnaya muzikalnaya encyclopaedia) CD
- 2000 Последняя встреча (Poslednyaya vstrecha) CD
- 2001 Любви негромкие слова (Lubvi negromkie slova) CD
- 2001 Ваши любимые песни (Vashi lyubimie pesni) CD
- 2001 Tańczące Eurydyki CD
- 2001 Recital piosenek CD
- 2001 Człowieczy los CD
- 2001 Wiatr mieszka w dzikich topolach CD
- 2001 Domenico Scarlatti - Arie z opery "Tetida in Sciro" CD
- 2001 To chyba maj CD
- 2001 Pomyśl o mnie CD
- 2001 Luchshee - Zvyozdi sovetskoy estradi CD
- 2002 Najlepsze piosenki CD
- 2003 Наши лучшие песни (Nashi lyubimie pesni) CD
- 2003 Człowiecy los collection CD
- 2003 Золотой век русской эстрады (Zolotoy vek russkoy estrady) CD
- 2003 Посидим, помолчим. Полное собрание песен (Posidim, pomolchim) vol.1 CD
- 2003 Спасибо тебе мое сердце. Полное собрание песен (Spasibo tebe moyo serdtse) vol.2 CD
- 2004 Złote przeboje CD
- 2004 Самое лучшее (Samoe luchshee) CD
[edit] Sources
- 1936 births
- 1982 deaths
- English-language singers
- Italian-language singers
- Polish-language singers
- Polish female singers
- Polish Seventh-day Adventists
- Polish singers
- Polish people of German descent
- Polish people of Dutch descent
- Polish people of Russian descent
- Portuguese-language singers
- Russian-language singers
- Cancer deaths in Poland
- Deaths from bone cancer
