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Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer
- Fritz Löhner-Beda (24 June 1883 – 4 December 1942), born Bedřich Löwy, was an Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer. Once nearly forgotten, many of his songs and tunes remain popular today. He was murdered in Auschwitz III Monowitz concentration camp.
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Fritz Löhner-Beda (24 June 1883 – 4 December 1942), born Bedřich Löwy, was an Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer. Once nearly forgotten, many of his songs and tunes remain popular today. He was murdered in Auschwitz III Monowitz concentration camp.
Fritz Löhner-Beda (1883-1942) co-wrote the libretto for Franz Lehár’s Land des Laechelns (Land of Smiles), still one of the most performed operettas, and was one of most popular songwriters of his time.
Fritz Löhner, geboren als Bedřich Löwy; auch Fritz Lohner, Pseudonym Beda, nannte sich mitunter Löhner-Beda, war ein österreichischer Librettist, Schlagertexter und Schriftsteller. Viele seiner Werke sind noch heute ungleich bekannter als Löhner-Beda selbst.
Fritz Löhner-Beda was born as Friedrich Löwy in Wildenschwert/Usti nad Orlici in Bohemia on June 24, 1883. In 1888, the family moved to Vienna and changed its name to Löhner; many of his early works—sketches, satires, and hit songs—were signed “Beda,” a nickname for Bedřich (Czech for “Friedrich”).
Fritz Löhner-Beda (1883–1942) achieved world fame in 1928 as the librettist of Franz Lehár’s operetta “Land of Smiles”. In 1938 he composed the text of the “Buchenwald Song”, which Hermann Leopoldi set to music.
The Sport Club Hakoah Vienna was honouring one of its founding members: Fritz Löhner-Beda, born Friedrich Löwy in Bohemia in 1883. He was already enthusiastic about football as a youngster.
After the First World War, his career reached its peak: under the name Löhner-Beda he became the most important pop song lyricist in the German-speaking world, a much sought-after librettist and star of German-language entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s.