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Willi Ostermann
August 6, 1936
German composer (1876–1936)
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Wilhelm “Willi” Ostermann was a composer and lyricist of local and carnival songs, mainly in the Cologne dialect, which he also performed himself as a crooner. One of his best-known pieces is Homesick for Cologne.
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- Anniversary · August 6
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