Ivo Wesby

Ivo Wesby (1902–1961), born Ignacy Singer in Kraków, Poland, was a composer and director. He studied music in Vienna. In the 1920s he was music director of various revi-teaters (revue theaters) in Warsaw, and in the last years before the outbreak of World War II he led the well known Groyse Revie (Big Revue).[1] He was music director for some famous Polish and Yiddish films including Mamele, Fredek uszczęśliwia świat, Co mój mąż robi w nocy, Serce matki, Moi rodzice rozwodzą się, Gehenna, Rena, and Królowa przedmieścia.

In the Warsaw Ghetto, with Jerzy Jurandot he created a revi-teater in the Polish language, with actors from the Polish stage. He survived the war thanks to a Polish singer Mieczysław Fogg, who hid a family of Wesby,[2] and emigrated to the United States.[1]

References
  1. Fater, Isaschar (1970). Jewish Music in Poland between the Two World Wars, p. 301
  2. Łobodziński, Filip (16 August 2009). "Fogg ocalił palto" [Fogg Saved His Coat]. Newsweek Polska (in Polish). Retrieved 3 July 2017.


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