Norbert Glanzberg
Norbert Glanzberg (12 October 1910 in Rohatyn, Austria-Hungary – 25 February 2001 in Paris) was a Galician-born French composer. Mostly a composer of film music and songs, he was also notable for some famous songs of Édith Piaf. In his twenties he lived in Germany, where he began his career scoring films for directors including Billy Wilder and Max Ophüls. When the Nazi regime came to power there in 1933, he, as a Jew, fled to Paris, where he performed in nightclubs under bandleaders such as Django Reinhardt, which is where he first met Piaf. At different times from 1939 to 1945 he toured with Piaf, when he wrote many of her songs and accompanied her on piano when she sang. For many of those years they were lovers, and Piaf saved his life on more than one occasion by hiding him from both the French Vichy police, who were helping the Nazis round up Jews for deportation, and later from the Nazi occupiers themselves. After the war he continued writing film scores for French films along with composing classical music, which included works and songs from Berlin and romantic classics. At the end of his career he wrote a concerto for two pianos in 1985 which was inspired by the novels of Isaac Bashevis Singer. |
Birth and Death Data: Born October 12, 1910 (Rohatyn), Died February 25, 2001 (Neuilly-sur-Seine)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938 - 1952
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, conductor, piano
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia (U.K.) | CL6811 | 10-in. | 10/18/1938 | Le bonheur est entre dans mon coeur | Marcel Carivan ; Lys Gauty | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL6890 | 10-in. | 12/20/1938 | Sans y penser | Lucienne Delyle ; Orchestre Victor ; Boris Sarbek ; Gus Viseur | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL6892 | 10-in. | 12/20/1938 | Le bonheur est entré dans mon coeur | Lucienne Delyle ; Orchestre Victor ; Boris Sarbek ; Gus Viseur | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL6907 | 10-in. | 1/3/1939 | Sans y penser | Marcel Carivan ; Lucienne Delyle | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL7000 | 10-in. | 3/8/1939 | J'ai juré de t'aimer toujours | Lucienne Delyle ; Orchestre musette Victor ; Boris Sarbek ; Gus Viseur | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL8158 | 10-in. | 4/25/1946 | La chanson du bonheur | Lys Gauty ; Norbert Glanzberg | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL8159 | 10-in. | 4/25/1946 | Un petit bouquet de violettes | Lys Gauty ; Norbert Glanzberg | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL8160 | 10-in. | 4/25/1946 | En écoutant mon coeur chanter | Lys Gauty ; Norbert Glanzberg | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL8161 | 10-in. | 4/25/1946 | La plus belle chanson | Lys Gauty ; Norbert Glanzberg | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | conductor | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL8255 | 10-in. | 11/9/1946 | Tout le long des rues | Raymond Legrand ; Tino Rossi | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL8304 | 10-in. | 1/14/1947 | Jardin perdu | Raymond Legrand ; Tino Rossi | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL8348 | 10-in. | 2/5/1947 | Le moulin de la galette | Aimé Barelli ; Lucienne Delyle | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL8350 | 10-in. | 2/5/1947 | Romance au fond des cours | Aimé Barelli ; Lucienne Delyle | Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL8745 | 10-in. | 12/14/1949 | Romance au fond des cours | Albert Lasry ; Tino Rossi | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL8835 | 10-in. | 6/20/1950 | Il fait bon t'aimer | Robert Chauvigny ; Edith Piaf | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL8922 | 10-in. | 1/8/1951 | La chanson de l'ours | Norbert Glanzberg ; Charles Trenet | Male vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL8941 | 10-in. | 1/22/1951 | Mon amour est parti pour longtemps | Norbert Glanzberg ; Charles Trenet ; Trio Vigouroux Ondioline | Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and ondioline | instrumentalist, piano | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL9037 | 10-in. | 10/15/1951 | Padam padam | Robert Chauvigny ; Edith Piaf | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | CL9242 | 10-in. | 6/28/1952 | Au bal de la chance | Robert Chauvigny ; Edith Piaf | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Glanzberg, Norbert," accessed October 4, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/356870.
Glanzberg, Norbert. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 4, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/356870.
"Glanzberg, Norbert." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 October 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Glanzberg, Norbert - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96002654
Wikidata: Norbert Glanzberg - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q213834
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/29718048
MusicBrainz: Norbert Glanzberg - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/343995f5-cc3f-4175-a7b4-b86282f3b3c1
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