Hermann Leopoldi

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Hermann Leopoldi (born Hersch Kohn; 15 August 1888 – 28 June 1959) was an Austrian composer and cabaret star who survived Dachau and Buchenwald. Einzi Stolz, wife of composer Robert Stolz, remembered him thus: "Leopoldi was for us all some sort of creature from a different planet. Through salvation bordering on a miracle he had survived the horrors of concentration camps Buchenwald and Dachau. He maintained his belief in the good in humanity and remained an optimist, who gave courage and confidence to many in times of difficulty."

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Life Hermann Leopoldi was born in Vienna and was taught the piano by his father, the musician Leopold Leopoldi (born Leopold Kohn; the family officially changed its name to Leopoldi in 1911), who also sought employment for him: Leopoldi's first jobs were as an accompanist and bar pianist. He married Eugenie Kraus 1911 and served in the First World War, establishing himself as a forces entertainer. His son Norbert was born in 1912 and his daughter Gertrude was born in 1915. His first major appearance was in the Viennese cabaret Ronacher in 1916. By 1922 he and his brother were well enough known to open their own cabaret, Kabarett Leopoldi-Wiesenthal, which developed a reputation as a centre for such later celebrated performers as Hans Moser, Szöke Szakall, Max Hansen, Fritz Grünbaum, Karl Valentin, Raoul Aslan and Otto Tressler. After its closure in 1925 Leopoldi toured with his first singing partner Betja Milskaja appearing in Berlin, Paris, Budapest, Bukarest, Prague and Switzerland as well as Vienna. Leopoldi wrote the music for some of the most famous ‘’Wienerlieder’’ (a musical genre, translated roughly as "songs about Vienna"), setting words by Peter Herz and Fritz Löhner-Beda among others to music. Following the take-over…Citește mai mult

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I Am a Quiet Drinker A Little Café Down the Street, or In einem kleinen Café in Hernals (words: Peter Herz)

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Schnucki, ach Schnucki (words: Rudolf Skutajan) Schön ist so ein Ringelspiel (words: Peter Herz)

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Hermann Leopoldi at IMDb Peter Herz: Der Leopoldi singt nicht mehr. Zu seinem Ableben, von einem Freund und Mitarbeiter. In: Arbeiter-Zeitung, 30. Juni 1959, S. 6. Evelyn Steinthaler: Zwischen Hernals und Broadway. Zum 120. Geburtstag von Hermann Leopoldi. In: Wiener Zeitung, 16. August 2008; online in Wiener Zeitung Extra Lexikon