Marianne Oswald

Marianne Oswald (January 9, 1901 – February 25, 1985) was the stage name of Sarah Alice Bloch, a French singer and actress born in Sarreguemines in Alsace-Lorraine. She took this stage name from a character she much admired, the unhappy Oswald in the Ibsen play Ghosts. She was noted for her hoarse voice, heavy half-Lorraine, half-German accent, and for singing about unrequited love, despair, sadness, and death. She sang the songs of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht. She was friends with Jean Cocteau, Jacques Prévert, François Mauriac, and Albert Camus. In fact, the text for one of her album covers was written by Camus. She was an inspiration for the composers Francis Poulenc and Arthur Honegger.

Birth and Death Data: Born January 9, 1901 (Sarreguemines), Died February 25, 1985 (Limeil-Brévannes)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1933 - 1937

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist

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Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia (U.K.)	CL5960	10-in.	11/19/1936	Toute seule	Marianne Oswald ; Wal-Berg ; Wal-Berg Orchestre	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
Columbia (U.K.)	CL5961	10-in.	11/19/1936	Chasse à l'enfant	Marianne Oswald ; Wal-Berg ; Wal-Berg Orchestre	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
Columbia (U.K.)	CL6439	10-in.	11/12/1937	La grasse matinée	Marianne Oswald ; Youli Tepley	Female vocal solo, with piano	vocalist
Columbia (U.K.)	CL6475	10-in.	12/2/1937	Les bruits de la nuit	Marianne Oswald ; Wal-Berg ; Wal-Berg Orchestre	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
Columbia (U.K.)	CL6476	10-in.	12/2/1937	A la belle étoile	Marianne Oswald ; Wal-Berg ; Wal-Berg Orchestre	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist
Columbia (U.K.)	CL6477	10-in.	12/2/1937	Le cauchemar du chaffeur de taxi	Marianne Oswald ; Wal-Berg ; Wal-Berg Orchestre	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist

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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Oswald, Marianne," accessed May 2, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/360529.

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