Henryk Wars, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henryk Wars

Polish Jewish composer

Date of Birth: 29-Dec-1902

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 01-Sep-1977

Profession: composer, conductor, pianist, film score composer

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Henryk Wars (born Henryk Warszawski, after 1947 Henry Vars; 29 December 1902 – 1 September 1977) was a Polish pop music 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 Milosc ci wszystko wybaczy (Love Will Forgive You Everything) sung by Hanka Ordonówna, Umówilem sie z nia na dziewiata (I Have a Date with Her at Nine) and Sex Appeal sung by Eugeniusz Bodo, Ach, jak przyjemnie (Ah, How Lovely!) and Juz nie zapomnisz mnie (Now, You Will Remember Me) sung by Aleksander Zabczynski.Wars also composed symphonies, now obscure though available on the Internet, as is his Piano Concerto of 1948.
After emigrating to the United States in 1947, he changed his name to Henry Vars.
He was a friend of John Wayne.