Ralf Arnie
Ralf Arnie , bourgeois Artur Niederbremer (born February 14, 1924 in Löhne ; † January 19, 2003 in Hamburg ), was a German composer , songwriter and music publisher .
Life
After graduating from the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium in Bünde in 1942 and serving in the war , Arnie was one of the 2,800 Germans interned in Sweden who were extradited to the Soviet Union after the end of the war. He returned from Soviet captivity in 1948 and settled in Hamburg.
Arnie, who also worked under the pseudonym Dieter Rasch, initially worked for the music publishers Sikorski and Ralph Maria Siegel . In 1960 he founded his own publishing house under his name.
Arnie composed and wrote over 1000 songs for almost all well-known pop singers from the 1950s to 1980s. He discovered and produced Udo Lindenberg and Otto Waalkes , among others .
Ralf Arnie lived in Hamburg-Harvestehude from 1952 until his death . He found his final resting place in the Ohlsdorf cemetery . A grave slab there commemorates the pop composer.
Works
- All women in the world (for Gerhard Wendland ), 1971
- Otherwise, Mr. Lutter, everything is fine (The 3 Travelers), 1951
- Your red lips (for Gerd Böttcher ), 1961
- There's never a goodbye (for Lili Ivanova ), 1968
- Don't go by (for Silvio Francesco ), 1959
- Homesickness (There where the flowers bloom) (for Freddy Quinn ), 1956
- I've seen love (for Vicky Leandros ), 1972
- In Ko-Ko-Copenhagen (for Vivi Bach ), 1961
- Kiddy Kiddy Kiss Me (for Rita Pavone & Paul Anka ), 1964
- Knife, fork, scissors, light (for Vicky Leandros ), 1965
- Monika (for Ulli Martin ), 1971
- Ramona (for The Blue Diamonds ), 1963
- Red Roses from the Black Sea (for Lili Ivanova ), 1968
- Give me a picture of you (for Detlef Engel ), 1962
- Beautiful as Mona Lisa (If I were a painter) (for Demis Roussos ), 1975
- As long as the stars glow (for Friedel Hensch and the Cyprys ), 1957
- As beautiful as you (for Trude Herr ), 1960
- Summer for the two of us (for Nana Mouskouri ), 1977
- Tulips from Amsterdam (for Mieke Telkamp ), 1959
- Gone with the Wind (for Wanda Jackson ), 1968
- What kind of people are we humans (for Alexandra ), 1969
Web links
- Works by and about Ralf Arnie in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arnie, Ralf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Niederbremer, Artur (real name); Rasch, Dieter (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wages |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 2003 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |