Fritz Löhner-Beda(1883-1942)

Fritz Loehner-Beda was educated in law at the University of Vienna, and wrote poems for newspapers and books. Following World War I he was a staff writer, and he joined a music-publisher affiliated with AKM (Austrian Performing Rights Society) by 1935, where he became a vice-president by 1938. His stage scores include "Friederike" (Frederika), "Das Land des Laechelns" (Yours Is My Heart), "Viktoria und ihr Hussar", "Schen Ist die Welt", "Giuditta", "Ball im Savoy", and "Blume von Hawai". His chief musical collaborators included Franz Lehar, Paul Abraham and Alfred Gruenwald (his co-lyricist), and his popular-song compositions include "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" (Yours Is My Heart Alone), "O Donna Klara", "Valenzia", "Sonja", "O Katherina", "Oh Maiden, My Maiden", "Schoen ist die Welt", "Meine Lippen sie kussen so heisse", and "Blume von Hawaii", all represented by ASCAP, where he was enrolled as a member posthumously in 1946.