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Bert Reisfeld (born December 12, 1906 in Vienna , † June 12, 1991 in Badenweiler ) was an Austrian composer .
He composed serious music first, then popular music. He was of Jewish origin and emigrated from Berlin to France in 1933. From 1938 he lived in the USA.
Reisfeld also wrote German texts for English-language songs. For example Nancy Sinatra's These Boots Are Made for Walkin ' as Die Stiefel sind zum wandern , recorded by Eileen Goldsen and Earl Grants (At) The End (Of A Rainbow) as Every dream has an end , by Earl Grant himself, Lolita , Roland Kaiser , Udo Jürgens and others.
Works (incomplete)
- My little, green cactus (1934, with Albrecht Marcuse)
- It's Oh So Quiet (1951, with Hans Lang)
Awards
- 1985: Film tape in gold
Web links
- Bert Reisfeld in the dictionary of persecuted musicians from the Nazi era
- Works by and about Bert Reisfeld in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.hitparade.ch/song/Eileen/Die-Stiefel-sind-zum-Wandern-219460 Berthold Reisfeld - hitparade.ch
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rice field, Bert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 12, 1991 |
| Place of death | Badenweiler |