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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="de" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="de" dir="ltr"><p><b>Walter Raim</b> (eigentlich <i>Walter Yudomin</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-McC_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> * <a href="25._Dezember" title="25. Dezember">25. Dezember</a> <a href="1935" title="1935">1935</a>; † <a href="12._Juni" title="12. Juni">12. Juni</a> <a href="2004" title="2004">2004</a>) war ein <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanischer</a> <a href="Unterhaltungsmusik" class="mw-redirect" title="Unterhaltungsmusik">Unterhaltungsmusiker</a> (<a href="Gitarre" title="Gitarre">Gitarre</a>, <a href="Banjo" title="Banjo">Banjo</a>, <a href="Gesang" title="Gesang">Gesang</a>, <a href="Arrangement" title="Arrangement">Arrangement</a>, auch <a href="Komposition_(Musik)" title="Komposition (Musik)">Komposition</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-obit_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wirken">Wirken</h2></div>
<p>Raim studierte in den 1950er-Jahren zunächst Musik am City College of New York, um dann seinen Master in Musikerziehung vom Teachers College der <a href="Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> zu erhalten. Daneben arbeitete er als Gitarren- und Banjolehrer; im April 1957 musste er vor dem <a href="Komitee_f%C3%BCr_unamerikanische_Umtriebe" title="Komitee für unamerikanische Umtriebe">Komitee für unamerikanische Umtriebe</a> aussagen.<sup id="cite_ref-McC_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Raim arbeitete in den 1960er-Jahren als <a href="Bariton" title="Bariton">Bariton</a> und Instrumentalist u. a. mit <a href="Harry_Belafonte" title="Harry Belafonte">The Belafonte Folk Singers</a>, <a href="Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a> („Bye and Bye“) und <a href="Spanky_and_Our_Gang" title="Spanky and Our Gang">Spanky and Our Gang</a> („Sunday Mornin’“).<sup id="cite_ref-lord_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lord-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Als Mitglied von <i>The Harvesters</i> nahm er mit diesem <a href="Folk" title="Folk">Folk</a>-Quartett das Album <i>Pastures of Plenty</i> (1961) auf. 1963 legte er sein Debütalbum <i>Hootenanny for Orchestra </i> mit eigenen Arrangements von populären Titeln wie „Laredo Lament“ vor. Mit Itamar Cohen und Ruth Ben-Zvi entstand im selben Jahr die LP <i>Songs of Yemen and Israel</i> (<a href="Vanguard_Records" title="Vanguard Records">Vanguard Records</a>). Weiterhin war er als Begleiter der Sänger <a href="Geoffrey_Holder" title="Geoffrey Holder">Geoffrey Holder</a>, <a href="Leon_Bibb" title="Leon Bibb">Leon Bibb</a>, Ellie Stone und der <i>Oranim Zabar Israeli Troupe</i> tätig.
</p><p>Raims eigene musikalische Studioprojekte waren <i>The Walter Raim Strings</i> („Meditation (Meditacao)/O Barquinho (Little Boat)“ 1963, mit <a href="Charlie_Byrd" title="Charlie Byrd">Charlie Byrd</a>), <i>The Electrifying Guitar Of Walter Raim</i> (1965), <i>The Century 21 Orchestra</i> („For Rosemary (Feur Elise)“/„Ever Smiling“, 1968) und <i>Walter Raim Concept</i> (1970). Mit <a href="Bill_Watrous" title="Bill Watrous">Bill Watrous</a> als Gastsolisten entstand das <a href="Easy_Listening" title="Easy Listening">Easy-Listening</a>-Album <i>Love Themes for the Underground, the Establishment & Other Sub Cultures not yet Known</i> (1969), mit Versionen von damaligen Hits wie „Aquarius“ und Standards wie „How Long Has This Been Going On“. Raim unterrichtete in New York an der <i>Neighborhood Music School</i> und der <i>Metropolitan Music School</i>. Gemeinsam mit Robert Shelton gab er das <i><a href="Josh_White" title="Josh White">Josh White</a> Song Book</i><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> heraus.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diskographische_Hinweise">Diskographische Hinweise</h2></div>
<ul><li><i>Hootenanny for Orchestra</i> (<a href="Liberty_Records" title="Liberty Records">Liberty</a>, 1963)</li>
<li><i>12 String Guitar 12 Great Hits</i> (Liberty, 1964)</li>
<li><i>The Electrifying Guitar of Walter Raim</i> (<a href="Mercury_Records" title="Mercury Records">Mercury Records</a>, 1965)</li>
<li>Walter Raim Concept: <i>Endless Possibilities</i> (MTA, 1970)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.harbel.one/raim/center.htm">Teildiskographie</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001675608">Walter Raim</a> bei <a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> (englisch)</li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/Walter+Raim">Walter Raim</a> bei <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Einzelnachweise">Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
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<li id="cite_note-McC-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-McC_1-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-McC_1-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">House of Representatives. 85th Congress. Committee on Un-American Activities. <i>Investigation of Communism in the Metropolitan Music School, Inc., and Related Fields.</i> Washington 1957, S. 686</span>
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<li id="cite_note-obit-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-obit_2-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.local802afm.org/allegro/articles/requiem-62/"><i>Todesmitteilung.</i></a> American Federation of Musicians (Local 802), 1. Januar 2005,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 19. Oktober 2020</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3AWalter+Raim&rft.title=Todesmitteilung&rft.description=Todesmitteilung&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.local802afm.org%2Fallegro%2Farticles%2Frequiem-62%2F&rft.publisher=American+Federation+of+Musicians+%28Local+802%29&rft.date=2005-01-01&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-lord-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-lord_3-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="Tom_Lord" title="Tom Lord">Tom Lord</a> <i>The Jazz Discography</i> (online, abgerufen am 1. Oktober 2020)</span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">The Josh White Song Book, Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1963</span>
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