Franz Marszalek
Franz Marszalek (born August 2, 1900 in Breslau ( Silesia ), † October 28, 1975 in Cologne ) was a German conductor and composer .
Life
Marszalek studied at the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University in Breslau . After his first years of musical activity in Silesia (as a cinema and theater conductor and as Kapellmeister at Schlesische Funkstunde AG, the Breslauer Rundfunk), from 1933 he worked in Berlin as a conductor and sought-after arranger (also for sound films). During the war years he worked for the "Reichsrundfunk".
From 1949 to 1965 he was the conductor of the Cologne Radio Orchestra . With this orchestra he set accents for the Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (WDR) in the field of operetta , light classical music and upscale entertainment music ; For example, he cultivated the work of his friend Eduard Künneke intensively . He was particularly committed to supporting Leo Fall and Walter Wilhelm Goetze, whom he greatly appreciated . He presented early complete recordings of The Gypsy Baron and Carnival in Rome ( Johann Strauss ), The Land of Smiles and Paganini ( Franz Lehár ) and Love in Triangles (Walter Wilhelm Goetze), all with Peter Anders . Marszalek was considered a "walking operetta dictionary". His skill and knowledge in this field is unmatched.
His recordings, which stand out for their natural liveliness and high quality, are still part of the radio repertoire today. The artists he frequently uses include a. Anny Schlemm , Franz Fehringer , Herta Talmar , Renate Holm , Ingeborg Hallstein , Sándor Kónya , Heinz Hoppe , Rita Bartos , Willy Hofmann , Benno Kusche , Willy Schneider and Herbert Ernst Groh . In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Marszalek was responsible for the music recordings of several operetta productions for television (including with the young Fritz Wunderlich ). Franz Marszalek was not only active in radio and television, but also in the record industry. The label Polydor the Deutsche Grammophon published in the 1950s and 1960s, dozens of operetta composer cross sections and images that were very popular. Marszalek was not only an eminent operetta conductor. With the Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra , he recorded an extensive repertoire of classical music. Here too, as in the operetta area, he recorded many rarities.
In addition, in the 1950s and 1960s, Franz Marszalek was in charge of a radio broadcast on the WDR under the title Mr Sanders Opens His Record Cabinet , in which he presented classical music and operas in historical recordings.
His son was the cameraman Michael Marszalek (1930-2014). Marszalek's grave is located in the Westfriedhof in Cologne .
literature
- Franz Marszalek: Franz Marszalek , in: Karl Gustav Fellerer (Hrsg.): Rhenish musicians. 5th episode . A. Volk, Cologne 1967, p. 107
Web links
- Works by and about Franz Marszalek in the catalog of the German National Library
- Franz Marszalek in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Franz Marszalek . In: East German Biography (Kulturportal West-Ost)
Individual evidence
- ^ Zeit Online , June 23, 2005 [1] .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marszalek, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German conductor, composer and arranger |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd August 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1975 |
| Place of death | Cologne |