Robert Katscher

Austrian composer and lyricist, born 20 May 1894 in Vienna, Austria, died 23 February 1942 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

He first studied law to continue his familly tradition. Soon afterwards he started to get into Arts Academy and wrote lots of Wienerlied, schlager, twist but also classical music. In 1938 he was one of most famous Austrian musicians. As a jew, he had to leave the country and went to the US. There he was the first refugee who got accepted to be a member of ASCAP. He died in 1942 in Hollywood, where he did some (mostly) uncredited film soundtracks before.