Friedrich Schröder (composer)

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Friedrich Hermann Dietrich Schröder (born August 6, 1910 in Näfels , Switzerland , † September 25, 1972 in Berlin ) was a German composer .

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The son of an engineer from Westphalia and a Swabian mother grew up in Stuttgart from 1914 . After graduating from high school in 1927, Schröder studied music history and church music in Münster . In 1929 he moved to Berlin and continued his studies at the Hochschule für Musik as a student of Paul Höffer . At that time, he lost by the world economic crisis , the legacy of his father. He gave up his plan to become a church musician and got by as a copyist . He got to know Peter Kreuder and worked as his arranger on numerous film scores. From 1934 to 1937 he worked alongside Werner Schmidt-Boelcke as Kapellmeister at the Metropol-Theater (Berlin-Mitte) . He was also a student of the Berlin operetta composer Paul Lincke and conducted his works here.

In 1936 Schröder composed his first own hit melodies, from 1937 his first own film music. At the same time he worked, among other things, for the orchestra Die Goldene Sieben . He then returned to film work and wrote several operettas, an opera and concert pieces. In 1948 he was appointed first head of the music department of the newly founded RIAS Berlin. In 1955, Schröder was the first to receive the Paul Lincke Ring . In 1957 he became musical director of the Bertelsmann Schallplattenring. He was involved in founding the Ariola record company and achieved the return of Zarah Leander to Germany. With her he produced the first post-war titles for Bertelsmann. For years Schröder concentrated on his work as a music producer .

In 1964 he was elected President of the Association for the Promotion of German Dance and Popular Music. He was one of the initiators of a seminar for young people in light music at the University of Music in Berlin.

Schröder's grave in the Wilmersdorf cemetery

Schröder had been married to Lieselotte Wiedenhaupt since 1931 and had three children through them. Another daughter came from another relationship. He was buried in the Wilmersdorf cemetery in Berlin. The grave is located in Dept. C3-3-16 / 17.

Operettas

  • Wedding night in paradise (premiere on September 23, 1942 in the Metropol-Theater , Berlin-Mitte)
  • Nights in Shanghai (premiere on February 12, 1947 in the Metropol-Theater, Berlin-Mitte)
  • Chanel No. 5 (first performance on December 23, 1947 in the Corso-Theater, Berlin)
  • The big world (first performance in February 1951 in the Hessian State Theater Wiesbaden )
  • Isabella (first performance in July 1954 at the Nationaltheater Mannheim )
  • The bath on the threshing floor (opera in ten pictures, world premiere on March 26, 1955 in the Nuremberg Opera House )
  • The Virgin of Paris (world premiere on December 19, 1969 in the Raimund Theater in Vienna)

Film music

Songs / hits

  • Lucky that you can fall in love like this (1942, text: Günther Schwenn )
  • Madam, where were you yesterday? (1939, text: Hans Fritz Beckmann)
  • Big city song (Over the roofs of the big city) (Text: Peter Holm)
  • I dance with you into heaven (1937, text: Hans Fritz Beckmann )
  • I will dream of you every night (1941, text: Hans Fritz Beckmann)
  • One night on the Ganges (1950, text: Curth Flatow )
  • Children as time flies (1938, text: Günther Schwenn, Peter Schaeffers)
  • Come to Tahiti with me
  • Never let the woman who loves you cry (Text: Hans Fritz Beckmann)
  • Farewell, goodbye, goodbye (1947, text: Günther Schwenn)
  • Darling, what will become of us now? (Text: Hans Fritz Beckmann)
  • You should be able to play the piano (Text: Hans Fritz Beckmann)
  • Maria Maddalena (1941, text: Hans Martin Cremer )
  • Negro mama's lullaby (text: Günther Schwenn)
  • This is how I imagine love (1942, text: Günther Schwenn)
  • Dreams cannot be forbidden (1947, text: Günther Schwenn)
  • What else I wanted to tell you ... (1942, text: Günther Schwenn)
  • Because the train driver is getting married today (1938, text: Hans Fritz Beckmann)
  • Zankduett (Text: Hans Fritz Beckmann)

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personal data
SURNAME Schröder, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schröder, Friedrich Hermann Dietrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German composer
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Näfels , Switzerland
DATE OF DEATH September 25, 1972
Place of death Berlin