Erika Hirsch (musician)
Erika Hirsch (born March 31, 1924 in Inzersdorf ; † July 24, 1998 in Vienna ) was an Austrian musician and composer .
Life
Erika Hirsch graduated from the Conservatory and the Music Academy in Vienna.
After the Second World War , she worked as an entertainment musician and played with ensembles in various bars of the occupying powers . Later she performed as a solo entertainer with piano, accordion, organ and zither in well-known pubs.
Erika Hirsch performed together with Ingeborg von Streit in a coffee house run by the daughter of the Austrian composer Karl Föderl , whose regular guests included personalities such as Hans Moser and Paul Hörbiger . She also played for a number of years in the famous "Zur Giesl Werner" wine bar.
From 1983 she worked as a sole entertainer in one of the oldest restaurants in Vienna, the Greeks Beisl. With her partner at the time Lea Warden as a guest star, who also wrote most of the texts of her compositions, she published a music cassette with the title “A Viennese Evening in the Greek Pub” at Lesborne-Musikproduktion .
Erika Hirsch was awarded the Golden Vienna Song Plaque by the Alt-Wiener Club .
Compositions
- The old handyman
- In the stars
- If only I had stayed in Vienna
- A glass of sparkling wine
- A coffee cup
- Safari march
- You are the type
- You damn boy
- People in love
- A Busserl at the Kirtag
- Three old birches
- I'm thirsty
- You wonderful Vienna
- Blooming roses
- My belt is getting too tight
- Viennese songs and Viennese hearts
- The three shirts
- Where is the golden Viennese heart
- I am a sinner
- The greatest comedians
Web links
- Erika Hirsch in musiklexikon.ac.at
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hirsch, Erika |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian musician and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Inzersdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 24, 1998 |
| Place of death | Vienna |