Eric Plessow
Eric Plessow (actually Erich Ewald Walter Plessow , * 25. November 1899 in Berlin ; † 13. June 1977 in West Berlin ) was a German composer , pianist, conductor, lyricists and music publishers of popular music . He also published under the names Erich Plessow , Ewald Walter , Manuel Estvilla and P. Lesso Valerio .
Life
He was born in Berlin-Oranienburg in 1899. In 1914 he began an apprenticeship as a music dealer at Verlag Rühle, which he graduated with distinction in 1917. He was then called up for military service.
After the First World War he returned to the old company and made his first attempts as a composer. In the 1920s he got engagements as a pianist and Kapellmeister in Mannheim and Heidelberg . In 1931 he founded his own music publisher Edition Standard, for which he brought in his composition Why kisses me your mouth so hot, song and tango . He also wrote the text using his two middle names as 'Ewald Walter'. Plessow was in demand as an arranger in the 1930s with hit potpourris such as We ask for dance and From success to success , which also appeared on records. He also promoted young, as yet unknown talent, for example the Berlin comedian Fredy Sieg . Its couplets , especially Zickenschulze from Bernau , quickly became Berlin evergreens , which soon earned their publisher more than just his commitment.
As a lyricist he had resounding success with the hit Das Fräulein Gerda , whose music was by Helmuth Wernicke . As a tango composer he called himself Hispanic 'Lesso-Valério' or 'Manuel Estvilla', and he anglicized his birth name for modern dance compositions to 'Eric Plessow'. He soon succeeded in gaining a leading position among Berlin's music publishers. In the following time he also acquired the Berlin AKLA-Musiverlag and the Hermann Schulenburg UFA Musikverlag . After the Second World War , the Robert Reibenstein publishing house also became his property. In 1950 he moved into new business premises in Nürnberger Straße and brought the publishers together under Erich Plessow Musik-Edition GmbH + Co. OHG . Edmund Kötscher , Helmut Gardens and Werner Lenz worked for Plessow . Today the publishing house belongs to the Meisel music publishers .
Works
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Operettas
Film music
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Piano pieces
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Audio samples
- [3] Baby Gaby and the music box , Dajos Béla dance orchestra, Odeon, 1929
- [4] Tonight , Marek Weber Orchestra, Electrola, 1933
- [5] Varför (Why?), Swedish version, sung by Sven Olof Sandberg, with Sune Waldimir Orchestra, Odeon, 1934
- [6] Women are so beautiful when they love , Rudi Schuricke with Adalbert Lutter us Tanzorchester, Telefunken, 1935
- [7] The Fraulein Gerda , Egon Kaiser dance orchestra with refraing singing: Kurt Mühlhardt, gramophone, 1938
- [8] Red Devil , Barnabás von Géczy Orchestra, Electrola, 1938
literature
- Fried Poestges: Eric Plessow , in: Fox on 78 , Fall 2002, pp. 66-67.
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SURNAME | Plessow, Eric |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Plessow, Erich (full name); Estvilla, Manuel; Valerio, P. Lesso |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German composer of popular music |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1899 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1977 |
Place of death | Berlin |