Egon L. Frauenberger

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Egon Louis Frauenberger (born November 14, 1931 in Munich ; † November 17, 2009 there ) was a German author and music producer .

Frauenberger first studied acting, dramaturgy and directing. He then worked as a specialist salesman for sound carriers and sales manager. He founded the Edition Effel-music and was, among other things, owner of Dennerlein Musikverlage and Neuer Münchner Musikverlag. He worked as a promoter and producer for Philips-Ton GmbH.

Several thousand music productions are associated with the Frauenbergers name (among others for Petula Clark , Udo Jürgens and Siw Malmkvist ), and he also produced around 250 children's songs. He wrote numerous radio plays based on books by Otfried Preußler , for example the stories of the robber Hotzenplotz , the Little Witch , the Little Ghost and the Urmel from the Ice by Max Kruse . He received the world's first gold record for a radio play (Räuber Hotzenplotz) . A total of 50 of his productions achieved gold status, four were awarded platinum.

As a lyricist and composer he wrote numerous songs for Franzl Lang , Lolita and other singers. He also made a name for himself as a Bavarian dialect poet . In July 2009, he lost a legal dispute over the copyrights to the Kufsteinlied , which he had asserted because of the yodelling allegedly made by him. Frauenberger has been a member of GEMA 's supervisory board since 2000, and has been deputy chairman since 2009.

Frauenberger married his wife Cherie in 1956, with whom he had two daughters.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e biography of Egon L. Frauenberger ( Memento of the original from July 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Website of the collecting society GEMA (accessed on November 19, 2009)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gema.de
  2. ↑ List of the titles written and composed by Egon L. Frauenberger www.swisscharts.com (accessed November 19, 2009)
  3. ^ Court dispute over the famous Kufstein song tz [Munich], July 23, 2009
  4. ↑ Egon L. Frauenberger dies www.mediabiz.de (accessed on November 19, 2009)
personal data
SURNAME Frauenberger, Egon L.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frauenberger, Egon Louis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and music producer
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 2009
Place of death Munich