Jerzy Ryszard Wasowski (31 May 1913 – 29 September 1984) was a Polish acoustics engineer, radio announcer, composer, pianist, actor and director. He was the son of Józef Wasowski and the husband of Maria Wasowska and the father of

Grzegorz Wasowski Grzegorz (german: Falkenstein) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Chełmża, within Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately north-east of Chełmża and north of Toruń ...

. Together with

Jeremi Przybora Jeremi Przybora (12 December 1915 in Warsaw – 4 March 2004) was a Polish poet, writer, actor and singer. He created the TV-series " Kabaret Starszych Panów" (Elderly Gentlemen's Cabaret) with Jerzy Wasowski and performed ballads and sung poe ...

he created Kabaret Starszych Panów (Old Gentlemen's Cabaret). He created about 700 songs altogether, including around 100 songs for children. He also composed 150 musical illustrations for radio dramas, television shows, cartoons and feature films, and theatre plays.

Biography

Jerzy Wasowski was born on 31 May 1913 in Warsaw. Having graduated from the Warsaw University of Technology, he started his professional training in the

Polish Radio Polskie Radio Spółka Akcyjna (PR S.A.; English: Polish Radio) is Poland's national public-service radio broadcasting organization owned by the State Treasury of Poland. History Polskie Radio was founded on 18 August 1925 and began makin ...

. In 1938, he met

. After the war, in 1945-46, he worked in the

as a radio announcer and also worked in the technical department. Later, in 1946-1948 he worked in Miejskie Teatry Dramatyczne in Warsaw as an actor and a composer. He cooperated with the

as the director of the departments of music and of recordings, as an acoustic director, a director of Teatr Humoru i Satyry (''Theatre of Humour and Satire''). He was a self-taught musician. He wrote in the tonal system.

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