Alfred Strasser (composer)
Alfred Strasser (born May 28, 1895 in Baden (Lower Austria) , Austria-Hungary , † March 9, 1967 in Berlin ) was an Austrian film composer.
Life
The son of the actor Arthur Johann Strasser attended secondary school and received artistic training at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin. Strasser earned his first professional spurs as a pianist and conductor before he began to work as a freelance composer. Immediately after the sound film era began, German film became aware of him, and Alfred Strasser wrote a number of pieces of music, often in collaboration with Jewish colleagues, for popular entertainment productions.
When the National Socialists came to power in 1933, his film work abruptly interrupted, and in the twelve years that followed Strasser was only able to work very rarely as a film composer. With the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Viennese made a moderate comeback in his traditional profession. In several films, including foreign productions for the German market, Alfred Strasser has also worked as a musical editor or musical director.
Filmography
- 1930: just you
- 1930: Dolly makes a career
- 1930: The Marquise of Pompadour
- 1932: Three from the cavalry
- 1932: Van Geldern criminal case
- 1932: morality and love
- 1933: The Flower of Hawaii
- 1933: Manolescu, the prince of thieves
- 1933: The Tsarevich
- 1937: The man who couldn't say no
- 1939: Alarm on Station III
- 1941: Light muse
- 1950: One night in the Séparée
- 1951: The heather is green
- 1952: I lost my heart in Heidelberg
- 1953: The cousin from Dingsda
- 1954: Pole Poppenspäler
- 1960: The haunted castle in the Spessart
literature
- Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 3: Peit – Zz. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560752 , p. 1687 f.
- Jürgen Wölfer / Roland Löper: The great lexicon of film composers. Berlin 2003, p. 512
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to Wölfer / Löper. Other sources mention the year 1900
Web links
- Alfred Strasser in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Alfred Strasser at filmportal.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strasser, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian film composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 28, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Baden (Lower Austria) , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 9, 1967 |
| Place of death | Berlin |