Miklós Vig
Miklós Vig | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Miklós Voglhut |
Also known as | Miklós Vig |
Born | 11 July 1898 Budapest, Hungary |
Origin | Hungary |
Died | 19 December 1944(1944-12-19) (aged 46) Budapest, Hungary |
Miklós Vig (11 July 1898 – 19 December 1944) was a Hungarian cabaret[1] and jazz[2][3] singer, actor, comedian[4] and theater secretary[1] in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. Born in Budapest on 11 July 1898, he was murdered there on 19 December 1944 by members of the Arrow Cross.[5]
Background and biography
Early life
Vig was born Miklós Voglhut[6] in 1898 to Vilmos Vogelhut (1867-1942) and Roza Vogelhut (1870-1942) in a Hungarian Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary.[7][1] Although he went to acting school, he had better success as a cabaret singer. In 1924 as his career was picking up he changed his surname to Vig,[6] because Voglhut was a Jewish-sounding name and antisemitism was growing at the time. Vig means cheerful or merry in Hungarian.[6]
Family
Other musicians from the Vig family include Vig's brother, saxophone and clarinet player György Vig,[3] and his nephew, jazz musician Tommy Vig.[8] Another nephew, John Vig, is a physicist and was president of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2009.
Murder
The fact that Vig was married to a Catholic woman, Kató Szőke, and the fact that he changed his name, did not save him from the Holocaust. On 19 December 1944 he was among a group of Jews who were bound, lined up along the banks of the Danube and machine-gunned into the river by Hungarian Nazis, members of the Arrow Cross Party.[citation needed] The Shoes on the Danube Promenade commemorates those who were murdered in this fashion.
Music and comedy
Vig had his first major successes as a soloist, and later performed frequently in other cabarets including the Budapest Operetta Theatre and Budapest Orfeum. Although he made many recordings, he became most famous as a singer of popular music on the radio.[1] A 1935 article in Színházi Élet described Vig as a singer of popular sentimental songs.[9]
According to Gramofon (the Hungarian Jazz and Classical music magazine), Vig was considered part of the first generation of recorded Hungarian musicians.[10] When Deutsche Gramophone found themselves falling behind the competition, they signed Vig, who became their first dance-music star.[10]
As a comedian, he performed in the early 1920s at various cabarets including the Rakéta Kabaré, occasionally with female partner Annus Nagy.[4]
Discography
Date of Release | Title | Label |
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1929 | Akácvirág akácvirág | Polydor |
Délután mosogatás után[11] | Polydor | |
1929 | Egyszer voltam a bálban... | Polydor |
1938 | Én nem tudom már, hogy minek becézzelek...[12] | Radiola |
1929 | Éppen csak a szivem fáj | Polydor |
1929 | Éva keringö | Polydor |
1929 | Feketeszemű kis párom[13] | |
1929 | Gyöngyvirág | Polydor |
1938 | Hallod te ló...[12] | Radiola |
1929 | Hej, Kikelt ucca 3![13] | |
Hogy is tudtam eddig élni nélküled | ||
Illúzió a szerelem | ||
1929 | Jönnél te még... | Polydor |
1929 | Kadarka nóta | Polydor |
1929 | Konstantinápoly | Polydor |
1929 | Lesz-e párom már a nyáron? | Polydor |
1929 | Madridban | Polydor |
1929 | Majd ha újra sírni tudsz... | Ervé |
1927 | Malvin, ne húzza el a derekát[13] | |
1929 | Messze van a Mester ucca | Polydor |
1931 | Minden ugy lesz, ahogy te kivánod | Polydor |
Minden veréb tudja[12] | Polydor | |
Mondd, nem kívánsz te túl sokat | ||
1929 | Mostanában mind a bárban... | Ervé |
1929 | Nekem nem kell szerelem | Polydor |
Őszi Fekete fellegek | ||
1929 | Pici piros, kicsi csókos szája[13] | |
1931 | Sose jön egy szebb | Polydor |
1929 | Szép volt... | Polydor |
1929 | Szeresd a régi muzsikát | Polydor |
1929 | Szervusz | Polydor |
Szibill levele | ||
1938 | Szombat vasárnap[12] | Radiola |
1930 | Szomorú nyárfalevél[11] | Polydor |
1929 | Tarka Lepkém | Polydor |
Tubicám[11] | Polydor | |
Valamit a kis fülébe[11] | Polydor | |
1929 | Valami van magában... | Polydor |
1930 | A vén Tabánban[11] | Polydor |
1929 | Vig Miklósnak jó kedve van | Polydor |
1929 | A Volga rabja (Ey uchnjem)... | Polydor |
References
- ^ a b c d Hungarian Electronic Library (in Hungarian)
- ^ The JAZZ Discography
- ^ a b Magyar Jazzkutatási Társaság (in Hungarian)
- ^ a b SzocHáló Társadalomtudomány Archived 2024-05-24 at archive.today (in Hungarian)
- ^ Yad Vashem A Page of Testimony
- ^ a b c Voglhut Family History, by Imre Voglhut, unpublished
- ^ "Miklós Vig". geni_family_tree. 29 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
- ^ "All About Jazz". Archived from the original on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
- ^ Ökotáj Színházi Élet, 1935. 32. szám (in Hungarian)
- ^ a b Gramofon – Klasszikus és Jazz 1997.10.01 by Oldal Gábor (in Hungarian)
- ^ a b c d e Discographie der österreichischen Populärmusik Erfassung österreichischer Tanz-, Jazz- und U-Musikaufnahmen 1900 - 1958
- ^ a b c d Hungarian Jazz Discography 1905-2000 by Géza Gábor Simon, Budapest, 2005. ISBN 963-219-002-5
- ^ a b c d Szerenád Média (in Hungarian)
External links
- Audio Samples