Zygmunt Wiehler

Zygmunt Wiehler (10 February 1890, Kraków, Austria-Hungary –26 December 1977, Warsaw) was a Polish popular and film music composer and director.

Wiehler attended the Music Conservatory in Kraków. From 1907 he was connected professionally to many theaters in the country, and in the 1920s and 1930s, he was a musical manager and director in Warsaw cabarets ("Wodewil", "Qui pro quo", "Banda", "Perskie Oko", "Morskie Oko", "Ananas", "Wielka Rewia", "Cyganeria"). He prepared music to be presented under the theatrical director Leon Schiller. During 1935-39 he was the musical manager of Feliks Parnell's Ballet. At the dance festival during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin he shared in a medal for the Parnell Ballet. At the start of the occupation (1939–40) he played piano in Warsaw cafés, then (1940–44) directed in public theaters. After the war, he divided his time between Łódź and Warsaw theaters. At the end of the 1950s he turned to his own composing. He wrote nearly a thousand songs, of which many became hits. He is buried in Powązki Cemetery (Section 287-VI-9/10).

Birth and Death Data: Born February 10, 1890 (Kraków;Poland), Died December 26, 1977 (Warsaw)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1939

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BS-031522 10-in. 1/18/1939 Umarl Maciek, umarl Mieczyslaw Fogg Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble composer  
Victor BS-031524 10-in. 1/18/1939 Gwiazdka Mieczyslaw Fogg Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wiehler, Zygmunt," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/350812.

Wiehler, Zygmunt. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/350812.

"Wiehler, Zygmunt." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/350812

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