Gerhard Kneifel

Gerhard Kneifel (born May 26, 1927 in Trebbin ; † June 20, 1992 in Leipzig ) was a German composer , arranger and orchestra leader.

Kneifel learned the accordion at the age of eight . From 1946 to 1948 he studied trombone , double bass and composition at the Stern Conservatory . From 1948 he worked for radio and the record industry; In 1960 he directed the Leipzig Radio Dance Orchestra . He composed songs, chansons and stage works such as the operetta Schwarze Perle (1961) and the musical Bretter That Mean the World (1970) . Between 1963 and 1967 he worked as chief ranger at the Berlin Friedrichstadtpalast , for which he wrote the revue Der Mann, der Dr. Watson was writing. He recorded records with his own dance music for Amiga and accompanied Manfred Krug ( I know a girl , 1965) with his orchestra, among others .

Scores for the cheerful music theater of the GDR (operetta, musical, musical comedy, etc.)

The Black Pearl - Music by Gerhard Kneifel - Text book by Helmut Bez and Jürgen Degenhardt - World premiere: June 30, 1962, Theater Erfurt

Boards that mean the world - music by Gerhard Kneifel - text book by Helmut Bez and Jürgen Degenhardt based on Der Raub der Sabinerinnen by Franz and Paul von Schönthan - world premiere: April 24, 1970, Metropoltheater Berlin

Aphrodite and the Sexual War - music by Gerhard Kneifel - text book by Jutta Eberhardt-Leister (dialogues) and Wolfgang Tilgner (lyrics) based on Lysistrata by Aristophanes - world premiere: May 8, 1986, musical comedy Leipzig

Lexical entries

• Jürgen Wölfer : Jazz in Germany. The encyclopedia. All musicians and record companies from 1920 until today. Hannibal, Höfen 2008, ISBN 978-3-85445-274-4 .