Paul Arma
*22 October 1904
†28 November 1987
Works by Paul Arma
Biography
b. Budapest, Hungary
d. Paris, France
composer, pianist, ethnomusicologist
Paul Arma – whose actual name was Imre Weisshaus – was a Jew subjected to a mock execution by the Gestapo; his manuscripts were incinerated. He assumed the name Paul Arma when he succeeded in fleeing to France.
