Manfred Zalden

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Manfred Zalden (actually Leopold Zalodek , born July 16, 1902 in Czernowitz ; † January 27, 1984 in Vienna) was an Austrian entertainment musician ( vocals , piano ) and composer .

Live and act

Zalden worked as a Schlager composer in Vienna in the 1930s ; from him come titles such as "You have to take life as it is" (with HF Beckmann and Peter Kreuder ), "Wake up nights" (with Eric Helgar ), "Blue Sea in the South", "Pinguin Swing" and "Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday ”(with Wilhelm Krug), recorded in 1937 by Eric Helgar / Heinz Wehner (Telefunken A-2172).

Zalden himself recorded several records for Telefunken in the 1940s with various foreign compositions, including “You are not in the address book” (# 2874), “In the little streets of Paris” and “Madame where were you yesterday ? “(# 2918, both interpretations with the Adalbert Lutter orchestra ). He also played Schrammel music like "Mir is the Huat today 'z'klan - I was tramping today, there is more wine" (# A2976) or "That is my medicine - Oh, Yvette, can you be free tomorrow, please" (# A2689).

On April 27, 1943, Zalden appeared in a variety program for troop entertainment (motto: Humorous attack ) in the comradeship home of the Waffen SS in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sound documents of cabaret and their interpreters, 1898-1945 , ed. by Berthold Leimbach. Verlag B. Leimbach, 1991
  2. ↑ Handbook of Musical Literature, Volume 19, 1943, p. 318
  3. ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 1, ed. from Library of Congress . Copyright Office; 1939, p. 2484
  4. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. 1967, p. 2206.
  5. ↑ Location and command office orders for the Auschwitz concentration camp 1940–1945, ed. from the Institute for Contemporary History
  6. ↑ Politically well aligned : In: Die Zeit (2007)
personal data
SURNAME Zalden, Manfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zalodek, Leopold (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian musician and composer
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Chernivtsi
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1984
Place of death Vienna