"Connie" Edmund Kötscher (17 April 1909 – 15 January 1990) was a German light music composer and bandleader.
Born in Berlin, Kötscher studied music at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar with Max Strub and Gustav Kulenkampff [de].
[1] From 1939, he and his dance orchestra (a studio band of musicians from the Admiralspalast, to which the pianist Helmuth Wernicke [de] also belonged) played a series of records for Imperial und Electrola such as Großstadtmelodie (Imperial 17269, with the Schuricke-Terzett [de]), Fidele Geisterstunde[2] and Cabaret der Noten (1939),[3] Schön ist die Zeit der jungen Liebe, Sing mit mir (1942),[4] (both with Herta Mayen) and Ich sag’ dir guten Morgen (ca.
Kötscher wrote about 2000 songs, mostly light music and hits like Abends in der kleinen Bar, Liechensteiner Polka,[5] Amsterdamer Polka, Wenn die Lichter wieder scheinen (recorded by Arne Hülphers[6][7][8]), but also Swing influenced pieces like Step Boys.
[9] He also composed works for accordion, big band and orchestra; in addition, he wrote an arrangement of Mozart's Violin concerto in G major.