Jerzy Waldorff
| Jerzy Waldorff–Preyss | |
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| Born | 4 May 1910 Warsaw, Russian Poland |
| Died | 29 December 1999 (aged 89) Warsaw, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Notable works |
Muzyka łagodzi obyczaje (Music Softens Manners) |
Jerzy Waldorff-Preyss of the Nabram coat of arms (4 May 1910 – 29 December 1999) was a Polish baron, an attorney by profession, a TV personality, writer, publicist, literary critic and a music aficionado. He wrote over 20 books, mostly on the subject of classical music and society, and was also named as an honorary citizen of both Warsaw and Słupsk. Waldorff had a relationship with the classical dancer Mieczysław Jankowski for 61 years.
Waldorff was born in Warsaw to a Polish landowner, Witold Preyss. His family moved first to Kościelna Wieś in the historical Kujawy region and then to Rękawczyn, north-west of Warsaw, where his father bought an estate after World War I. Waldorff spent his childhood there, in a manor house at the end of an avenue bordered with 100-year-old lime trees. He wrote later that the family left the estate and moved back to Warsaw soon after his father's death. He studied law at Poznań University.
Between 1936 and 1939 Waldorff worked as a music-review columnist for the Kurier Poranny newspaper. After the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany he took part in organizing the clandestine music scene in occupied Warsaw. He was also active in the social support organization called Rada Główna Opiekuńcza (Central Welfare Council), the only cross-country network allowed to function legally under the German administration with some financial aid from the authorities. After the liberation, due to wartime annihilation of Warsaw, Waldorff settled in Kraków between 1946 and 1950, where he wrote for the popular magazine Przekrój.
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