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Tango from Lwów - Fatme, Chór Eryana 1931

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Chór Eryana (The Eryan's Choir) -- Fatme, Tango (Muz. Eryan, Tekst Izana) Columbia 1931 (Polish)

NOTE: In the interwar Poland, Chór Eryana was one of four most popular male vocal groups ("the revellers" - in Polish, "the choirs"): Chór Dana, Chór Warsa and Chór Juranda. Among others, Chór Eryana was distinguished by its reluctance to perform as typical 1930s showmanship combo. Instead, their song-presentations were full of highest musical artistry and poetical refinement. They were formed in 1930 in a Polish city Lwów (ever since 2nd World War called Lviv, after it was anexed by Red Army and incorporated by Stalin into the Soviet Union, now - Western Ukraine). Their founder was Jan Ernst, son of professor of astronomy in the University of Lwów, a geographer and graduate in piano class of Lwów Conservatory. He and his family belonged to the intellectual and cultural elite of prewar Lwów, and founding the revelers group was for Jan Ernst only a fancy. He and his four friends had their prime show in Theatre Nowości (Novelties) in Lwów in Feb., 1931 immediately becoming favourites of the Lwów audiences. They performed in the artistic cabaret Wesoły Ul (A Merry Hive) in Lwów and started recording for Columbia and Odeon also giving, in the period of 6 years (they disbanded in 1937) about 1000 performances throughout Poland. However, the progress in Jan Ernst's professional career in the University was the reason why in 1937 the group ceased their performances, until again,in 1950/60s they reunited for some time, in an altered cast.

The slideshow presentad are vintage photographs of the Polish Lwów, from before 1939.  The loss of the city of Lwów -- due to the betrayal of Poland by the Allied Forces, during Yalta peace conference in Feb, 1945 -- remains a never-healing wound in every Polish heart.

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