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When [[silent movie]]s in Poland lost popularity following the arrival of [[Al Jolson]]'s ''[[The Jazz Singer]]'', (known in [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]] as ''The Singing Buffoon''), thousands of Polish musicians who'd played in the movie theaters lost their livelihood; they began to create large and small orchestras playing [[dance music]] and [[jazz]].<ref>Isaschar Fater, Jewish Music in Poland between the Two World Wars, pp. 71–74</ref> [[Artur Gold|Artur]] and Henryk Gold, the brothers [[Jerzy Petersburski|Jerzy]] and [[Stanislaw Petersburski]], [[Zygmunt Karasinski]] and [[Szymon Kataszek]], [[Kazimierz Englard]], [[Julian Halicki]] were the pioneers; Henryk Gold was chief among them, giving concerts at the famous [[Ziemiańska Cafe]] on Kredytowa Street and the [[revue theater]] “Morskie-Oko” on Sienkiewicz Street. He ran the nightclub “Adria” with his brother on Moniuszki Street.<ref>Dawid Eisenstadt and A. Prager: “Algemeyner muzik-leksikon”, Warsaw, 1936 (p. 150)</ref> |
When [[silent movie]]s in Poland lost popularity following the arrival of [[Al Jolson]]'s ''[[The Jazz Singer]]'', (known in [[Yiddish language|Yiddish]] as ''The Singing Buffoon''), thousands of Polish musicians who'd played in the movie theaters lost their livelihood; they began to create large and small orchestras playing [[dance music]] and [[jazz]].<ref>Isaschar Fater, Jewish Music in Poland between the Two World Wars, pp. 71–74</ref> [[Artur Gold|Artur]] and Henryk Gold, the brothers [[Jerzy Petersburski|Jerzy]] and [[Stanislaw Petersburski]], [[Zygmunt Karasinski]] and [[Szymon Kataszek]], [[Kazimierz Englard]], [[Julian Halicki]] were the pioneers; Henryk Gold was chief among them, giving concerts at the famous [[Ziemiańska Cafe]] on Kredytowa Street and the [[revue theater]] “Morskie-Oko” on Sienkiewicz Street. He ran the nightclub “Adria” with his brother on Moniuszki Street.<ref>Dawid Eisenstadt and A. Prager: “Algemeyner muzik-leksikon”, Warsaw, 1936 (p. 150)</ref> |
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Gold wrote hundreds of [[tango]]s, [[polka]]s, [[foxtrot]]s, and [[waltz]]es, interpolating Jewish motifs. His hits included ''Tesknota'' (''Nostalgia'', in Yiddish ''Benkshaft''); ''Jasminy'' (Jasmine); ''Jak ja sig dris'' (''I Will Get Drunk Today'', in Yiddish ''Az 'Khvel Mikh Haynt Onshikirn''), ''Nie odchodz odemnie'' (''Don't Leave Me'', in Yiddish ''Gey Nisht Avek Fun Mir''); ''Moja pierswsza I ostatnia'' (''My First and Last'', Yiddish ''Mayn Ershte Un Letste''); ''Szkoda Twoich tez'' (''Too bad about your tears'', Yiddish ''A Shod Dayne Trern''), and others.<ref>J. Radlinski: Obywatel Jan., Kraków, 1967, (p.p. 95, 103, 225)</ref> |
Gold wrote hundreds of [[tango]]s, [[polka]]s, [[foxtrot]]s, and [[waltz]]es, interpolating Jewish motifs. His hits included ''Tesknota'' (''Nostalgia'', in Yiddish ''Benkshaft''); ''Jasminy'' (Jasmine); ''Jak ja sig dris'' (''I Will Get Drunk Today'', in Yiddish ''Az 'Khvel Mikh Haynt Onshikirn''), ''Nie odchodz odemnie'' (''Don't Leave Me'', in Yiddish ''Gey Nisht Avek Fun Mir''); ''Moja pierswsza I ostatnia'' (''My First and Last'', Yiddish ''Mayn Ershte Un Letste''); ''Szkoda Twoich tez'' (''Too bad about your tears'', Yiddish ''A Shod Dayne Trern''), and others.<ref name=rad>J. Radlinski: Obywatel Jan., Kraków, 1967, (p.p. 95, 103, 225)</ref> |
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After the [[World War II|Second World War]] he and fellow composer Jerzy Petersburski toured the [[Soviet Union]] with a large jazz orchestra. In 1942 he went to [[Israel]] and lastly emigrated to [[New York]].<ref |
After the [[World War II|Second World War]] he and fellow composer Jerzy Petersburski toured the [[Soviet Union]] with a large jazz orchestra. In 1942 he went to [[Israel]] and lastly emigrated to [[New York]].<ref name=rad/> |
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Revision as of 16:48, 28 February 2011
Henryk Gold (1902–1977), Polish Jewish composer, arranger, orchestra director born in Warsaw to a musical family (his mother Helena was of the famous Warsaw klezmer family Melodysta, his father Michael a flautist in the Warsaw Opera Orchestra).
When silent movies in Poland lost popularity following the arrival of Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer, (known in Yiddish as The Singing Buffoon), thousands of Polish musicians who'd played in the movie theaters lost their livelihood; they began to create large and small orchestras playing dance music and jazz.[1] Artur and Henryk Gold, the brothers Jerzy and Stanislaw Petersburski, Zygmunt Karasinski and Szymon Kataszek, Kazimierz Englard, Julian Halicki were the pioneers; Henryk Gold was chief among them, giving concerts at the famous Ziemiańska Cafe on Kredytowa Street and the revue theater “Morskie-Oko” on Sienkiewicz Street. He ran the nightclub “Adria” with his brother on Moniuszki Street.[2]
Gold wrote hundreds of tangos, polkas, foxtrots, and waltzes, interpolating Jewish motifs. His hits included Tesknota (Nostalgia, in Yiddish Benkshaft); Jasminy (Jasmine); Jak ja sig dris (I Will Get Drunk Today, in Yiddish Az 'Khvel Mikh Haynt Onshikirn), Nie odchodz odemnie (Don't Leave Me, in Yiddish Gey Nisht Avek Fun Mir); Moja pierswsza I ostatnia (My First and Last, Yiddish Mayn Ershte Un Letste); Szkoda Twoich tez (Too bad about your tears, Yiddish A Shod Dayne Trern), and others.[3]
After the Second World War he and fellow composer Jerzy Petersburski toured the Soviet Union with a large jazz orchestra. In 1942 he went to Israel and lastly emigrated to New York.[3]