Made with MAGIX New York, 5 January 1946: In ragged clothes, but as usual wearing elegant white gloves, Paul Abraham steps on Madison avenue, positions himself on a socket in the central reserve of the roadway and starts to direct an imaginary orchestra. This last 'performance' would take the most successful composer of the early 1930s to psychiatry. The game is over... On this homepage you will read everything about the triumphs and defeats of this creator of immortal tunes. Paul Abraham conducts Ja so ein Mädel, ungarischer Mädel (instrumental) A few tips: You may magnify the writing by pressing the keys 'Ctrl' and '+'. You may again shrink the view using 'Ctrl' and '-' . If the videos are jerking: Please click the 'Pause' button, wait for some time (you can read on meanwhile) and then start the video again. If you click on the pictures, a larger version including footers will be displayed.  Motion picture on Abraham. There is so far no printed biography of Paul Abraham. János Darvas produced his only film portrait, titled 'Bin nur ein Jonny”, made for the German TV channels WDR and Arte. The 1-hour documentation was shown till now on the German channels WDR, SWR, BR, RBB and EinsFestival. Hopefully, other broadcasts will follow... Learn more about this film here. You may also read and print, if you prefer, the text of this biographical web page, including all citations and the bibliography, as a PDF file (11 pages). Please, click on this icon: Here you can tell your opinion about this website and Paul Abraham: This is a website of Klaus Waller, journalist. Please, find everything about the author here. Further information concerning the biographical websites project you may find here.  Deutsche Version The biographical homepage of the operetta composer PAUL ABRAHAM (1892-1960) His life - His tunes - His influence By Klaus Waller (Translation: Nardina Alongi)  This is a website of Klaus Waller. All rights in the text reserved. Imprint - Contact