Henryk Wars

Henryk Wars
Wars in 1944
Born
Henryk Warszawski

29 December 1902 (1902-12-29)
Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died1 September 1977 (1977-10) (aged 74)
California, United States
Other namesHenry Vars

Henryk Wars (born Henryk Warszawski, after 1947 Henry Vars; 29 December 1902 – 1 September 1977) was a Polish 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 Miłość ci wszystko wybaczy (Love Will Forgive You Everything) sung by Hanka Ordonówna, Umówiłem się z nią na dziewiątą (I Have a Date with Her at Nine) and Sex Appeal sung by Eugeniusz Bodo, Ach, jak przyjemnie (Ah, How Lovely!) and Już nie zapomnisz mnie (Now, You Will Remember Me) sung by Aleksander Żabczyński.[1]

Wars also composed a symphony, now obscure though available on the Internet,[2] as is his Piano Concerto of 1950. After emigrating to the United States in 1947, he changed his name to Henry Vars. He was a friend of John Wayne.[3]

  1. ^ "Henryk Wars bio in notes". YouTube. 12 October 2008.[dead YouTube link]
  2. ^ collectionCB2 (2012-10-03), Henryk Wars (1902-1977) : Symphony No. 1 (c. 1940) **MUST HEAR**, archived from the original on 2021-12-22, retrieved 2016-09-25{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "East Silver". Archived from the original on 2012-03-11.