Werner Richard Heymann

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Werner Richard Heymann was born on the 14th February 1896 in Koenigsberg. He came to Berlin in 1912 and initially wrote serious music. In 1918 his "Rhapsodic Simphony" received its première with the Vienna Philharmonic under the Musical Direction of Felix Weingartner. From 1918 - 1919 Heymann, together with Friedrich Hollaender, is Musical Director of Max Reinhardt's cabaret, "Schall und Rauch", for which Heymann and Hollaender engage Mischa Spoliansky as third pianist and composer. Heymann writes for Rosa Valetti and her cabarets, "Cabaret Groessenwahn" and "Die Rampe", and between 1921 and 1923 he is Musical Director of Trude Hesterberg's cabaret, "Die Wilde Buehne", setting to music texts by, in particular, Mehring ("Die kleine Stadt", "Die Kaelte", "An den Kanaelen"), Klabund ("In Algier sind die Maedchen schwarz"), Tucholksky ( "Das Leibregiment", "Die Dorfschoene") and Heller ("Berliner Moritat", "Aus Pennen und Kaschemmen") as well as, amongst others, Fritz Gruenbaum, Marcellus Schiffer and Gustav von Wangenheim. His work is performed principally by Trude Hesterberg, Kate Kuehl ( "Der Glockenturm"), Kurt Gerron and Annemarie Hase. Heymann, while also composing music for the stage, including the world première of Ernst Toller's "Die Wandlung" turns in 1923 for the first time to film. Having in 1925 been the assistant to the musical supremo of UFA, Ernoe Rapée, he becomes his successor in 1926, and writes scores for silent movies including Murnau's "Faust" and Fritz La

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Escape To Paradise - The Hollywood Album

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SALON ORCHESTRA FAVOURITES, VOL. 4

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Übers Meer

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Übers Meer (International Version)

The Golden 20's

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Salon Orchestra Favourites, Vol. 4: German Hit Songs of the 1930s

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Best of Comedian Harmonists

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Chronik deutscher Filmmusik - History of German Film Music, Vol. 2: Melodie der Liebe (1931-1933)

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Between Two Wars: The Art of the Comedia Harmonists

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The Sound of The King's Singers

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Die Liebe kommt, die Liebe geht

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Vocal Music - Spolianski, Nelson, Benatzky, Heymann & Hollaender

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