Erik Meyer-Helmund
Erik Meyer-Helmund (13 April 1861 in St Petersburg – 4 April 1932 in Berlin) was a Berlin-based composer and singer. His song "Flirtation" was recorded by John McCormack, and his "Gute Nacht, mein holdes, süßes Mädchen" by Nicolai Gedda and Fritz Wunderlich. Helen Tretbar translated several of his lieder from German into English.
Erik Meyer-Helmund
(1894) Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme und Pianoforte componiert von Erik Meyer-Helmund Op. 139, Leipzig / Hamburg: Fritz Schuberth Jr. · Public domain
- Born
- 1861 · Saint Petersburg.
- Died
- 1932 · Berlin.
- Nationality
- German Reich
- Occupation
- composer · conductor · singer
- Fields
- opera
- Languages
- German
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• “Die beiden Klingsberg” opera • “Der Liebeskampf”, opera • “Rubezahl”, ballet • “Tischka”, one-act burlesque
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Erik Meyer-Helmund is recorded with the occupation conductor. Classed in the genre opera. Recorded as composer, conductor and singer.
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1861
Erik Meyer-Helmund was born on 13 April 1861.
1932
Erik Meyer-Helmund died on 4 April 1932.
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Saint Petersburg.
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