Fred Raymond

Fred Raymond Actually Raimund Friedrich Vesely 20 April 1900 – 10 January 1954 Was An Austrian Composer. Raymond Born In Vienna Was The Third Child After Two Daughters Of Vinzenz Vesely An Employee Of The Austrian State Railway System And His Wife Henriette Née Dluhos.
Both Parents Were Of Czech Descent. They Intended Their Son To Study Mining After High School And Pursure A Career In The Civil Service.
After The Premature Death Of Both His Parents Raymond Studied At A Commercial Academy And Trained As A Banker. Raymond Composed Operetta Music As Well As Copious Pieces For Films And Schlager Which Were Very Successful In The 1920s And 1930s And Were Commonly Heard Being Sung And Whistled In The Streets.
He Became World-Famous With His 1925 Composition "Ich Hab Mein Herz In Heidelberg Verloren" "I Lost My Heart In Heidelberg" And His Pieces Were Considered To Be Very Much In The Typical Style Of The 1920s Especially "Ich Hab' Das Fräulein Helen Baden Seh'n" "I Saw Miss Helen Bathing" Or "Ich Reiß' Mir Eine Wimper Aus" "I Lost An Eyelash" . Due To A Weak Heart He Spent His Military Service With A Propaganda Company Which Served The Belgrade Military Transmitter.
After The War He Took A Short Break From The Salzburg Radio Orchestra To Go To Hamburg Were He Finished His Last Two Operettas Geliebte Manuela Beloved Manuela And Flieder Aus Wien Lilacs From Vienna . In 1951 He Moved To A New Home In Überlingen Where He Spent Three Years With His Young Wife Eva-Maria Before Dying Of A Heart Failure Shortly Before The Birth Of Their Son Thomas.
His Marble Grave Is Located In Überlingen On The Shore Of Lake Constance And Is Decorated With A Lyre.
To Commemorate The Eightieth Year Of His Birth A Street Was Named After Him In The Donaustadt District. Operettas Lauf Ins Glück Run Into Happiness 1934 Ball Der Nationen Ball Of The Nations 1935 Fahrt Ins Abenteuer A Trip Into Adventure 1935 Auf Großer Fahrt On A Great Voyage 1936 Marielu 1936 Maske In Blau Blue Mask Book By Heinz Hentschke Lyrics By Günther Schwenn 1937 Saison In Salzburg Salzburger Nockerln Season In Salzburg – Salzburg Dumplings 1938 Die Perle Von Tokaj The Tokay Pearls 1941 Konfetti Confetti 1948 Flieder Aus Wien Lilacs From Vienna 1949 Geliebte Manuela Beloved Manuela 1951 Films Based On Raymond's Works With Year And Director Ich Hab Mein Herz In Heidelberg Verloren 1952 Ernst Neubach Saison In Salzburg 1961 Franz Josef Gottlieb Ball Der Nationen 1954 Karl Ritter Una Notte Con Te 1932 Ferruccio Biancini Staatsanwaltin Corda 1954 Karl Ritter Die Perle Von Tokay 1954 Hubert Marischka Nur Am Rhein 1930 Max Mack – De Mein Heidelberg Ich Kann Dich Nicht Vergessen 1927 James Bauer – De Saison In Salzburg 1952 Ernst Marischka Maske In Blau 1942 Paul Martin Maske In Blau 1953 Georg Jacoby Das Glück Wohnt Nebenan 1939 Hubert Marischka read less