Emil Palm

Emil Palm (* 26. January 1890 in Cologne , † 11. March 1963 in Berlin ) was a German composer and music director of light music . He became known for his mood songs composed together with Willi Ostermann and others, especially the hit "Raindrops that knock on your window" .

Life

He was born in Cologne in 1890 as one of 12 siblings. His great-grandfather, Johann Joseph Palm (1801–1882), as a former hussar and war invalid, had received an organ turner's license from the Prussian state, and as "Orjels Palm" he roamed the streets of Cologne day after day to support his large family a legend known throughout the city. Emil's father Franz Palm (1852–?) Worked as an orchestral musician in Cologne, so Emil came into contact with music at an early age.

Even before the First World War , there was a collaboration with the Cologne scabies singer Willi Ostermann , who could not write notes himself. Palm wrote the music for the title Wä hätt dat vun d'r Tant! (Who would have thought that from my aunt), which won the 1908 award for the best song in Cologne dialect . In 1911 Ostermann married Emil Palm's sister, the revue dancer Käthe Palm .

In the 1920s and 1930s, Palm worked as a conductor and composer, first in Cologne and later in Berlin. He wrote many songs for Cologne carnival societies. His Büttenmarsch Woröm is not always as comfortable as it is? was sung by Robert Koppel in 1927 and published by Deutsche Grammophon . In 1934 three films appeared, for which he had written the music. He also composed military music and was a member of the NSDAP . His “Heimatlied” German, recorded on record by the Carl Woitschach Wind Orchestra , means being faithful! (Text: Ernst Petermann ) was sung during National Socialist marches. His greatest success was in 1935 the tango hit Raindropfen, who knock on your window in a recording by the Metropol Vocalists and the Lewis Ruth Band . Even Eric Helgar , Rudi Schuricke and Meistersextett took the song in their repertoire. It was later used in sketches by Heinz Erhardt and Christian Hölbling .

After the Second World War he continued his activities in Berlin. His compositions have been published by various music publishers. He died in 1963 and was buried in the St. Matthias Cemetery in Berlin .

Works

Songs and instrumental music

I thought of that aunt! , T .: Willi Ostermann (1908)
Villa-Billa-Waltz , T .: Willi Ostermann (1910)
Wat then suffered from ten thousand Daler , T .: Willi Ostermann
I'm too old to just play (before 1928)
What is it then not always so cozy how hück? , Büttenmarsch, text by Franz Chorus (1928)
Schött en! Toast! Drink uus! Carnival March, Büttenmarsch (1930)
O home, keep your treasures , Rhein-Heimatlied and March, text: Franz Chorus
Only on the Rhine , marching song, text by Franz Chorus
To be German means to be faithful T .: Ernst Petermann
In the hayloft (1934)
A real Hamburger Deern , mood waltz, T .: Ernst Petermann (1934)
A young oak stands on Adolf-Hitler-Platz: March song (author: Emil Palm; [words from] Willy Weiß) Berlin: Der Braune Musikverl., 1934
Raindrops that knock on your window , Tango, T .: Josef Hochleitner (1935)
From tomorrow I want to be solid , slow march, T .: Ernst Petermann, (1939)
A pair of swallows brings luck into the house , Waltz song (1940)
The little Eskimo , funny foxtrot, T .: Ernst Petermann (1949)
Arm in arm with you , song and Schunkelwalzer T .: Ernst Petermann (1949)
Love lust and love affliction , 7 songs in the folk tone (1951)
Spring on the Rhine: there is a tavern on the mountain slope , T .: Fred Endrikat (1951)
As nice as you were today , Melodischer Foxtrot, T .: Eberhard Storch (1952)
In a dance café at the table across from me ... , T .: Eberhard Storch (1952)
Waltz Moments (1954)
The blue hour , song and slow. Foxtrot (1954)
Grandma (why should Grandma ...) , Marschfox, T .: Ernst Petermann (1954)
Sun rays , concert u. Dance Waltz (1955)
Who knows what it's good for and it turns out differently , (1956)
So let's be happy anyway , March (1956)
Lob der Baldness , Foxtrot Moderato, T .: Ernst Petermann (1956)
In the little arbor ... , song & Slow, T .: Ernst Petermann (1956)
Also a bassist ... , cheerful bass song, tango (1958)
A quarter of an hour alone with you ... (1958)

Film music

Noise in the forester's house (1934)
Gentle Jacob (1934)
When Mother Is Not Home (1934)

Incidental music

Husband lost comedy with music by Bolten Baeckers u. G. Cenzato (around 1950, Berlin)

Recordings

Villa Billa waltz with Willy Ostermann
I'm too old to just play [1] with Engelbert Milde , Homocord 4-2659 (1928)
In the hayloft with the Comedian Harmonists
Raindrops with the master sextet: Electrola EG3132 / ORA 67-III , Rudi Schuricke, Cristal 3568 / C8880 , Erwin Hartung with the Jo Bund dance string orchestra, Gloria GO27 139 b , the Oscar Joost dance orchestra, gramophone 2238A , Walter Fenske with his Orchestra, tenor solo and vocal quartet, Telefunken M 6165 , Helfried (parody) .
To be German means to be loyal with Carl Woitschach and his wind orchestra, Gloria GO27 037 B
From tomorrow on I want to be solid with Hanns Göbel and Otto Kermbach's Great Ball Orchestra, Grammophon 11 131 B

literature

Johann Palm: Once upon a time there was a Cologne hussar - the life story of the Orgels-Palm . JP Verlag, Bachem 1984, ISBN 3-7616-0637-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Willy Meyer: Accordion at sea. A collection of the most popular sea shanties for chromatic accordion (from 8 and 12 bass) . ED 3583. Schott, p. 32 - 33 .

personal data
SURNAME	Palm, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German composer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 26, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	March 11, 1963
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Willy Meyer: Accordion at sea. A collection of the most popular sea shanties for chromatic accordion (from 8 and 12 bass) . ED 3583. Schott, p. 32 - 33 .