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Werner Richard Heymann (14 February 1896 – 30 May 1961), also known as Werner R. Heymann, was a German-Jewish composer active in Germany and in Hollywood.
Werner Richard Heymann (* 14. Februar 1896 in Königsberg i. Pr.; † 30. Mai 1961 in München) war ein deutscher Komponist und Dirigent. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 2 Bedeutung. 3 Werke. 3.1 Orchester- und Kammermusik. 3.2 Bühnenwerke. 4 Filmografie. 4.1 Stummfilmmusiken. 4.2 Tonfilme. 5 Literatur. 6 Weblinks. 7 Einzelnachweise. Leben.
Werner R. Heymann. Composer: To Be or Not to Be. Werner Richard Heymann was active as a classical composer in Berlin from 1912. By the end of the decade, he also wrote songs for cabaret and served as musical director for Max Reinhardt from 1918 to 1919.
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biography. · From Koenigsberg to Berlin 1896 - 1923: serious music and cabaret songs. · Film composer in Berlin, 1923 - 1933. · Emigration 1933 - 51, Paris and Hollywood. · Return to Germany, 1951 - 61.
Dec 2, 2008 · Werner Richard Heymann was the most famous film composer in Germany and France until 1933. His music was everywhere. You could hear it from the orchestra pits of the great theatre stages and...
Kurt Weill, Werner Richard Heymann, Friedrich Hollaender, Mischa Spoliansky and Franz Waxman were among those Jewish cabaret composers that fled Berlin, eventually making successful careers for themselves outside Germany.
Apr 7, 2016 · This contribution presents aspects of the life and work of the pianist and composer Werner Richard Heymann (1896–1961) and asks what the experience of that exile in Los Angeles – frightening and exhilarating at the same time – meant for him.
