Michael Jary was a German composer who was born in Laurahutte, Siemianowitz and died in Munich.
12 Facts About Michael Jary
1.
2.
Michael Jary planned to become a missionary and went to school at the monastery of the Steyl Missionaries near Neisse, where he discovered his love of music.
3.
Michael Jary conducted the church choir and started to write his first chamber music works that were transmitted on the radio Gliwice.
4.
In 1929 Michael Jary was accepted at the Staatliche Akademische Musikhochschule at Berlin, meanwhile he made money playing as a pianist at cafes or movies.
5.
When Michael Jary delivered his graduation concert on 8 February 1933, he was bullied by members of the Kampfbund fur deutsche Kultur.
6.
Michael Jary became an expert in jazz and swing during the thirties.
7.
Shortly before the end of World War II Michael Jary had founded his own ensemble.
8.
Michael Jary engaged among others Ilse Werner and Bully Buhlan.
9.
Michael Jary would have liked to have written musical scores for revue films as he had done in 1943 for the movie Karneval der Liebe.
10.
Michael Jary composed the musical Nicole, that was first shown in Nurnberg in 1963 and would be celebrated later in Eastern Europe.
11.
Michael Jary settled in his final domicile in Switzerland above the Lake of Lugano.
12.
Michael Jary's grave is in the Friedhof Ohlsdorf in Hamburg.