Śpiewa
Creator(s)
- Vera Gran (Performer)
Scope and Content
Wiera (Vera) Gran (1916-2007), Polish singer, Warsaw ghetto survivor, performs a selection of prewar repertoire and contemporary material from the 1950s-1960s. Polskie Nagrania Muza – XL 0297 (1965). Vera Gran, vocalist. Instrumental ensemble directed by Jerzy Abratowski. Side A Track 1: List (A Letter). Words: Sewer (AKA Seweryn Mendelson), Wiera Gran. Music: Eddy Courts (AKA Edward Kurtz). Side A Track 2: Gdy odejdziesz (When You're Gone). Words: Józef Lipski; Władysław Szlengel. Music: Stanisław Ferszko; Julian Front. Side A Track 3: Piosenka o zagubionym sercu (A Song About A Lost Heart). Words: Artur Swinarski. Music: Henryk Wars. Side A: Track 4: Gdy w ramiona bierze mnie (When He Takes Me In His Arms). Words: Krystyna Wolińska. Music: Louiguy (AKA Louis Guglielmi). Polish version of La Vie en Rose. Side A Track 5: Ciemna dziś noc (Dark Is The Night). Words: Julian Tuwim; Vladimir Agatov (original Russian lyric). Music: Nikita Bogoslovski. Side A Track 6: Samotna czekam (I'm Waiting Alone). Words: Marian Hemar. Music Harry Warren. Side A Track 7: Deszcz (Rain). Words: Music: Dee Clark. Side B Track 1: To niewiele (Not Very Much). Words: Antoni Słonimski. Music: Witold Elektorowicz. Side B Track 2: Fernando. Words: Zbigniew Drabik. Music: Jerzy Gert, Ryszard Frank. Side B Track 3: Trzy Listy (Three Letters). Words: Jerzy Jurandot. Music: Leon Boruński. Side B Track 4: Maria Dolores. Words: Ref-Ren (AKA Feliks Konarski). Music: Fernando García Morcillo. Side B Track 5: Dwa serca (Two Hearts). Words: Jerzy Jurandot. Music: Alexander Spiro. Side B Track 6: Madonna. Words: Krystyna Wolińska. Music: Unidentified Portuguese popular song.
Note(s)
For detailed discography notes, refer to www.discogs.com/Vera-Gran-Vera-Gran-%C5%9Apiewa/release/5327120 For more information, refer to: USC Shoah Foundation Institute testimony of Wiera Gran, https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/vha8086 Walka Wiery Gran z Cieniami, https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn519051 Prokuratura Sądu Okręgowego w Warszawie (GK 453), https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn713726 Centraly Komitet Żydów w Polsce. Sądy Społeczne (Sygn.313), https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn501392 Relacje ocalalych z Holocaustu (Sygn. 301), https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508120 Wiera Gran "Sztafeta oszczerców: autobiografia śpiewaczki" (1980) Agata Tuszyńska "Oskarżona Wiera Gran" (2010) Agata Tuszyńska "Vera Gran: the accused"
Genre
- Music.
- Recorded Sound