Miklós Vig: Difference between revisions

'''Miklós Vig''' (11 July 1898 – 19 December 1944) was a [[Hungary|Hungarian]] cabaret<ref name="Hungarian Electronic Library">[http://mek.oszk.hu/02100/02139/html/sz28/271.html Hungarian Electronic Library] {{in lang|hu}}</ref> and jazz<ref>[http://www.lordisco.com/musicians/V5.html The JAZZ Discography]</ref><ref name="Magyar Jazzkutatási Társaság">[http://www.jazzkutatas.eu/article.php?Id=92&subject=0 Magyar Jazzkutatási Társaság] {{in lang|hu}}</ref> singer, actor, comedian<ref name="SzocHáló Társadalomtudomány">[http://www.szochalo.hu/hireink/article/102024/ SzocHáló Társadalomtudomány] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20240524080538/https://www.webcitation.org/5djyovQiY?url=http://www.szochalo.hu/hireink/article/102024/ |date=20092024-0105-1124 }} {{in lang|hu}}</ref> and theater secretary<ref name="Hungarian Electronic Library"/> 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 Party|Arrow Cross]].<ref>[http://207.232.26.141/YADVASHEM/16031312_308_4359/17.JPG Yad Vashem] A Page of Testimony</ref>

Vig was born Miklós Voglhut<ref name="Family History">Voglhut Family History, by Imre Voglhut, ''unpublished''</ref> in 1898 to Vilmos Vogelhut (1867-1942) and Roza Vogelhut (1870-1942) in a [[History of the Jews in Hungary|Hungarian Jewish]] family in [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miklós Vig |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Mikl%C3%B3s-Vig/6000000145229483968 |access-date=2022-05-26 |website=geni_family_tree |date=29 April 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Hungarian Electronic Library"/> 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,<ref name="Family History"/> because Voglhut was a Jewish-sounding name and [[antisemitism]] was growing at the time. ''Vig'' means ''cheerful'' or ''merry'' in Hungarian.<ref name="Family History"/>

Other musicians from the Vig family include Vig's brother, saxophone and clarinet player György Vig,<ref name="Magyar Jazzkutatási Társaság"/> and his nephew, jazz musician [[Tommy Vig]].<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?review_id=11381 |title=All About Jazz] |access-date=2008-03-04 |archive-date=2012-10-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021072254/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?review_id=11381 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Another nephew, [[John Vig]], is a physicist and was president of the [[Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers]] in 2009.

[[Category:MaleHungarian male jazz musicians]]