Arno Flor
Arno Flor (born October 31, 1925 in Berlin , † November 20, 2008 in Baden-Baden ; pseudonyms: Addy Flor , Addi Flor ) was a German composer , arranger , conductor and guitarist .
Arno Flor studied in Berlin. From 1948 he was a guitarist, arranger and conductor of the Rias Dance Orchestra of Werner Müller busy. From 1954 he worked freelance for Franz Thon , Erwin Lehn and Robert Stolz . In 1957 he supported Lothar Olias and orchestrated his film music for The Great Chance . In the 1960s he arranged parts of the film music for various Karl May films for Martin Böttcher . As orchestra leader, he accompanied numerous well-known artists such as Alexandra , Heidi Brühl , Dorthe , Die 3 Travelers , France Gall , Greetje Kauffeld , Leo Leandros , Vicky Leandros , Gitta Lind , Ulli Martin , Vico Torriani and Gerhard Wendland on their recordings. In January 1963, Flor recorded the album Luiz Bonfá e Caterina Valente in Portuguese and Italian together with bossa nova pioneers Luiz Bonfá and Caterina Valente .
In addition, Flor founded his own dance and entertainment orchestra in the 1970s, with which he recorded several albums using the Quadrophonie-SQ-Matrix method . He preferred to work on classical themes from Beethoven , Chopin , Tchaikovsky and Verdi .
Discographic notes
- Big Band Europe Presents the Great Songs of Europe (Saba, 1965)
- The great German dance orchestras Vol. 1 & 2 (1971–1975)
- Verdi Wonderland 'The Hits Of Giuseppe Verdi For Dancing' (Basf, before 1980)
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 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl-Heinz Becker: Music on paper. A journey of discovery through Martin Böttcher's stoplists for the Karl May films . Karl May Circular 35 (1990)
- ↑ See Arno Flor at Discogs (English)
- ↑ Song index The 3 Travelers ( Memento from August 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ songs Vico Torriani ( Memento of 19 June 2013 Internet Archive )
- ^ Hermann Vilser, Ingrid Grünwald: Caterina Valente Discography 1954–2000 . Hannibal, Höfen 2001, ISBN 3-85445-187-3
- ↑ Jörg Marx: Liner Notes of the CD box Vicky Leandros: A Taste of ... the Sixties . Cook Universal Music. 2012.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Flor, Arno |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Flor, Addy (pseudonym); Flor, Addi (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer, arranger, conductor, guitarist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 20, 2008 |
| Place of death | Baden-Baden |