Bruno Uher (* March 12, 1912 in Vienna; † October 31, 1976 in Vienna) was an Austrian musician, conductor, composer and arranger.
Bruno Uher entered the public eye as a composer at the age of 14. At 17, he was given the jazz arrangement for the Vienna premiere of Fred Raymond's musical comedy ''The Maid of Avallon''. At 18, he composed the film music for the first Austrian talk and sound film ''Stürmisch die Nacht'' (directed by Kurt Blachy). The songs ''Sag' mir, Du liebst mich''and ''Mein Liebster ist Matrose'' were played in radio request programs. In 1931, Uher arranged international jazz numbers for Charly Gaudriot's orchestra. In 1934, together with Karl Inwald (1902-?), he composed the music for the revue ''Wir senden Liebe'' by Fritz Grünbaum and Artur Kaps.
Uher, trained in classical music, became known as a composer of film, theater and pop music, especially after the Second World War. He had his first success as early as 1936/37 with the Viennese song ''Ich hab' mir für Grinzing ein'n Dienstmann engagiert''. Over the years, this song was sung by many performers, including Hermann Leopoldi, Peter Igelhoff, Hans Moser, Peter Alexander and Wolfgang Ambros.
In December 1942, Uher reported as a radio operator with the rank of corporal.
In 1943, Uher's stage arrangements and compositions were performed at the Vienna Stadttheater (Walzerträume) and at the Löwinger-Bühne (Die Mehlspeisbaronin by Rolf Gordon).
From 1946, Uher was for some time the resident composer of the Vienna Artists' Theater, which opened in the Fürstenhof (Vienna-Leopoldstadt, Praterstraße 25) in 1945 and closed in 1951.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Uher was the director of his own dance orchestra, with which he recorded Ralph Benatzky's music for the feature film ''Verklungenes Wien'' (directed by Ernst Marischka) in 1951 and performed at the Vienna Opera Ball in 1956. In 1950, Uher worked on a new musical version of Franz von Suppé's operetta ''Fatinitza'' for the Gärtnerplatztheater in Munich, which represents a deep intervention in the style of the original, with partly more modern dance rhythms.
In 1962, he wrote the music and lyrics for Austria's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. The song was sung by Eleonore Schwarz. He wrote the music for many films of the 1950s and 1960s. These include ''Wiener G'schichten'', ''Der keusche Adam'' and ''Skandal in Ischl''.
Bruno Uher, who died of circulatory and heart failure on October 31, 1976, was buried on November 15, 1976 at the Vienna Central Cemetery (grave 34F/13/18); his wife, Emilie Uher (1918-2009), a sister of Paul Löwinger, rests at his side.
