Werner Richard Heymann

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.