Georges Metaxa
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== Life and career == |
== Life and career == |
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Metaxa was born in [[Bucharest]], Romania, to Nicholas Metaxa and Emilie Theophilatos.[https://www.myheritage.com/names/george_metaxa George Metaxa] My Heritage He worked as a civil servant, becoming |
Metaxa was born in [[Bucharest]], Romania, to Nicholas Metaxa and Emilie Theophilatos.[https://www.myheritage.com/names/george_metaxa George Metaxa] My Heritage He worked as a civil servant, becoming principal private secretary to the Romanian Ministry of Agriculture before emigrating to [[London]] in 1926 to pursue a career in [[musical comedy]].{{Cite web|url=https://accounts.google.com/v3/signin/identifier?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogger.com%2Fblogin.g%3FblogspotURL%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fjazzagemusic.blogspot.com%2F2019%2F09%2Fseptember-11th.html%26type%3Dblog%26zx%3D1tc7gix3i9mtq&hl=en-US&ifkv=ASKXGp0uYAgAkCNmro1ni7ia31m_tzoAFLgVWe_ezxM4OamUYyv4xYKX17Ufb-U22iunYWxckbMd&passive=true&service=blogger&flowName=WebLiteSignIn&flowEntry=ServiceLogin&dsh=S1561013932%3A1700503728133594|title=Blogger|website=accounts.google.com|accessdate=20 November 2023}} |
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He first began his showbusiness career recording songs, the first being the Romanian folk song "Mandrulita" in 1927.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/George-Metaxa-Ideale-Mandrulita/release/4022844|title=George Metaxa – Ideale / Mandrulita (1927, Shellac)|website=discogs.com|year=1927 }} After engaging with [[Charles B. Cochran]], his first stage billing was in [[John Hastings Turner|John Hastings Turner's]] 1929 musical revue ''[[Wake Up and Dream (musical)|Wake Up and Dream]]''. Metaxa was then cast in [[Noël Coward|Noël Coward's]] [[operetta]] ''[[Bitter Sweet (operetta)|Bitter Sweet]]''.{{cite book |last= Dietz |first= Dan |author-link= |date= 2018|title= The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals|publisher= Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|page= 161|isbn=9781538102770}} He continued to record songs in London until 1931, finishing with [[Ray Noble|Ray Noble's]] "[[Goodnight Sweetheart (Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly song)|Goodnight Sweetheart]]" before moving to [[New York City|New York]] with the ''Bitter Sweet'' touring company. |
He first began his showbusiness career recording songs, the first being the Romanian folk song "Mandrulita" in 1927.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/George-Metaxa-Ideale-Mandrulita/release/4022844|title=George Metaxa – Ideale / Mandrulita (1927, Shellac)|website=discogs.com|year=1927 }} After engaging with [[Charles B. Cochran]], his first stage billing was in [[John Hastings Turner|John Hastings Turner's]] 1929 musical revue ''[[Wake Up and Dream (musical)|Wake Up and Dream]]''. Metaxa was then cast in [[Noël Coward|Noël Coward's]] [[operetta]] ''[[Bitter Sweet (operetta)|Bitter Sweet]]''.{{cite book |last= Dietz |first= Dan |author-link= |date= 2018|title= The Complete Book of 1930s Broadway Musicals|publisher= Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|page= 161|isbn=9781538102770}} He continued to record songs in London until 1931, finishing with [[Ray Noble|Ray Noble's]] "[[Goodnight Sweetheart (Ray Noble, Jimmy Campbell and Reg Connelly song)|Goodnight Sweetheart]]" before moving to [[New York City|New York]] with the ''Bitter Sweet'' touring company. |
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