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Anna German
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Polish singer, popular in Poland and in the Soviet Union (1936-1982)
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Anna German (1936–1982) was a female singer, composer, actor, and singer-songwriter. Born in Urgench, she held citizenship in the Soviet Union, the Polish People's Republic, and Poland. Her voice type was soprano and coloratura soprano, and she performed in the genres of estrada, opera, romance, and pop. German was educated at the University of Wrocław and spoke Russian, Polish, Italian, and English. Her native languages were Russian and Plautdietsch.
She received the award of People's Artist of the RSFSR. German died of natural causes in Warsaw and is buried in the Protestant Reformed Cemetery in Warsaw. She had one child and used the married name Anna Wiktoria German-Tucholska. Her birth names included Anna Wiktoria German and Anna Viktoria Hörmann.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1936
- Died
- 1982
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Wróć do Sorrento?...
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Urgench, Uzbek SSR, USSR
Polish singer and composer of German descent. A well-known singer of songs in different languages of the world, primarily in Russian and Polish. Laureate of many national and international festivals, including in Monte Carlo, San Remo, Naples, Viareggio, Cannes, Sopot.
Known for
- When Idols Were Gone — Herself / ArchiveFootage2005
- Eurydyki płaczące — archive footage1988
- Landscape After Battle — American1970
- Powrót Eurydyki1969
- Song Address is Youth — Herself1968
- The Navy Is a Thing For Men1967
- Nim zabłyśnie gwiazda1967
- Einer wird gewinnen — Self1964
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Poland
- Active from
- 1936
- Active to
- 1982
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 66,298
- Total plays
- 813,327
Tags
Anna German (February 14, 1936 - August 26, 1982) was a soviet singer born in Urgench, Uzbek SSR, USSR. Her parents had dutch and german roots. Anna lived in Tashkent (now Uzbekistan), Osinniki (now Russia), Orlovka (now Kyrgyzstan) where Anna went to school and, finally, in Dzhambul (now Kazakhstan). The artist Anatoly Stishko studied at the same school with Anna in Dzhambul. Anna's mother married in 1942 to an officer of the Polish Army, and so in 1946 the family left and settled in Nova Ruda,
Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1936–1982
- Nationality
- PL, SU
- Role / Field
- Zpevacky, Singers, Singer, Pisnickarky, Piosenkarze polscy, Zpev
- Language
- pol, heb, eng
- Gender
- Unknown
Recorded by 15 libraries
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Key facts
- Born
- Anna Viktoria Yevgenyevna German , ( 1936-02-14 ) 14 February 1936, Urgench , Uzbek SSR , Soviet Union
- Died
- 26 August 1982 (1982-08-26) (aged 46), Warsaw , Polish People's Republic
- Occupation
- Singer
- Years active
- 1960–1982
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
Chronology
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Urgench
- Place of death
- Warsaw
- Occupation
- singer-songwriter
- Educated at
- University of Wrocław
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Plautdietsch
- Religion
- Russian Mennonite
- Academic degree
- magister degree
- Field of work
- acting
- Genre
- romance
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.anna-german.com
- Image
- Anna German-legitymacja studencka (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 1.84
- Number of children
- 1
- Voice type
- coloratura soprano
Show 17 more facts
- place of burial
- Protestant Reformed Cemetery in Warsaw
- Commons category
- Anna German
- date of birth
- 1936-02-14
- date of death
- 1982-08-26
- manner of death
- natural causes
- married name
- Anna Wiktoria German-Tucholska
- birth name
- Anna Viktoria Hörmann
- described at URL
- anna-german.com/frst/eng/chronology.htm
- topic's main category
- Category:Anna German
- date of burial or cremation
- 1982-08-30
- name in native language
- Anna German
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
- different from
- Anna German
- ethnic group
- Mennonites
- copyright representative
- Society of Authors ZAiKS
- social media followers
- 36100
- end of work period
- 1982-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Anna Wiktoria German-Tucholska (Russian: Анна Виктория Герман, romanized: Anna Viktoria German, 14 February 1936 – 26 August 1982) was a Polish singer (lirico-spinto), immensely popular in Poland and in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and the 1970s. She released over a dozen music albums with songs in Polish, as well as several albums with Russian repertoire. Throughout her music career, she also recorded songs in the German, Italian, Spanish, English, and Latin languages.
Family background and early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anna German” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.