Szulc, Henryk
Szulc Józef Zygmunt, pseud. Jan Sulima, *4 April 1875 Warsaw, †10 April 1956 Paris, Polish pianist, composer, conductor and teacher, son of Henryk. He studied composition with Z. Noskowski at the Music Institute in Warsaw, and later piano with E. Jedlička, H. Schramke and M. Moszkowski in Berlin. In 1897, he started teaching piano classes at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin and became a conductor of the opera orchestra in Stuttgart; later he went to Paris, where he continued his piano studies with I.J. Paderewski. He conducted the orchestra in France, Poland, Germany and Belgium. In 1910, he settled in Paris. He is known primarily as the author of operettas, performed on French and Belgian stages.
Esther, overture
Sinai, overture
Piano Trio
Sonata for violin and piano
Piano Sonata
songs for voice and piano to French text
operettas:
Flup, staged in Brussels 1913
Titin, staged in Paris 1920
La victoire de Samothrace, staged in Liège 1922
Loute, staged in Brussels 1922
Le petit choc, staged in Paris 1923
Vivette, staged in Liège 1924
Quand on est trois, staged in Paris 1925
Mannequins, staged in Paris 1925
Divin Mensonge, staged in Paris 1926
Couchette No. 3, staged in Paris 1929
Flossie, staged in Paris 1929
Sidonie Panache, staged in Paris 1930
Zou, staged in Paris 1930
Le garçon de chez Prunier, staged in Paris 1933
Mandrin, staged in Paris 1934
L’auberge du chat coiffé, staged in Paris 1936
Le coffre-fort vivant, staged in Paris 1938
Pantoufle, staged in Paris 1945
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Une nuit d’Ispahan, ballet, staged in Brussels 1909